“I worry whether we will even have an NHS in the future. Who will look after these people?'
Tens of thousands of doctors - including staff at every major hospital in Greater Manchester - are walking out today in an historic strike.
The doctor qualified as a medic in India in 1991 before beginning a career in the NHS in the UK in 2000, working in London and the south west. Here, he paints a stark picture of a dwindling number of staff who will struggle to meet the needs of an ageing population which is increasingly reliant on the NHS.
“There were 9,000 vacancies across all grades of doctors last year. One in six posts were vacant, that’s a 16 per cent vacancy rate over the last year - we know more people are required to look after patients. 'Will the NHS have a future?' “The government is not blind to us needing more medical staff, but the only way to attract people is to pay them properly. Medics spend six years doing a very intensive course, leave it with £100,000 of debt and then start on £14 an hour.
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