The NHS has a lot of locums. It should listen to them
Many people do not want to work full-time for the NHS. With good reason
The british television show “Casualty” must obey certain rules when it comes to on-screen carnage. Gore is permissible, but the camera may not linger on it in a “ghoulish” manner, says Paul Unwin, the show’s co-creator. Agony is allowed, although extended agony is not (a shot in which a man was impaled on a railing had to be trimmed). The show barely touches another painful issue: that of locum workers. “It can’t,” says Mr Unwin. Viewers would switch off if the characters changed constantly. “People like the familiar.”
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Locum motives”
Britain September 24th 2022
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- The state funeral of Elizabeth II came off without a hitch
- The NHS has a lot of locums. It should listen to them
- In one British city, Black Lives Matter still reverberates
- Why prisoners are spending more time in their cells
- Many British adults lack basic numeracy and literacy
- The City is fighting to carve out a post-Brexit role
- King Charles versus Trussonomics
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