Impeding changes to our Health Care system

[DanaC]

Nye Bevan, the father of the NHS, said of the negotiated settlement with consultants, that he had 'stuffed their mouths with gold' as the only way to get them on board. Which is how consultants are able to work both for the NHS and for their own private practices at the same time, unlike GPs (family doctors)who have to choose.

Nowadays most medical professionals in the Uk are supporters of the NHS. But there was a hell of a lot of disquiet from those who felt they might earn less when the system was first devised.