Nachtrag zum gelobten Land

Allen deutschen Jungmedizinern, die sich mit dem Gedanken tragen, in das gelobte Land auszuwandern, empfehle ich die Lektüre von Dr. Crippen's NHS Blog. Da wird deutlich, dass sich die deutschen Gesundheitspolitiker eigentlich keine Sorgen machen müssen. Ich kann mir nicht vorstellen, dass viele junge Ärzte unbedingt vom Regen in die Traufe kommen wollen.

I have five patients, all under the age of 45, who have severe sciatica and have been off work for nearly a year. They have "slipped discs". Bad ones. They cannot work. They can barely walk. Opening their bowels is agony. They need disc decompressions. This relatively minor surgery could have them back to work in a few weeks. To get this surgery, they need to have an MRI scan. The government does not allow me to get an MRI scan directly. So I refer them to the "back clinic". The waiting list is seventeen weeks. When they get to the back clinic, they see the "nurse specialist" who is cleverer than I and so is allowed to order MRI scans. After a two minute assessment she orders the scan. The waiting list for the waiting list is three months and the waiting list is another three months. The MRI scan will then confirm that they need an operation, which I already know (before we had the advantage of MRI scans, they just had the operation). They then go on the waiting list to have the operation. That will be another six months or so. Thank God it is a Three Star Hospital. During all this time, they have to be signed off work. And they are off so long they end up on invalidity benefit.
 
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