Comments on: Eh? http://timworstall.com/2008/02/07/eh-7/ It is all obvious or trivial except... Thu, 24 May 2012 02:15:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kay Tie http://timworstall.com/2008/02/07/eh-7/comment-page-1/#comment-6686 Kay Tie Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:40:19 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/02/07/eh-7/#comment-6686 "more and more health issues diagnosed online or suchlike. Whatever happened to this?" There's quite a bit of banditry on the net regarding medical advice and the peddling of remedies (not just the usual quackery of crystals and homeopathic rot, but fake prescription drugs too). Consequently there's little trust and a strong incentive to stick with the status quo. “more and more health issues diagnosed online or suchlike. Whatever happened to this?”

There’s quite a bit of banditry on the net regarding medical advice and the peddling of remedies (not just the usual quackery of crystals and homeopathic rot, but fake prescription drugs too). Consequently there’s little trust and a strong incentive to stick with the status quo.

]]> By: Johnathan Pearce http://timworstall.com/2008/02/07/eh-7/comment-page-1/#comment-6684 Johnathan Pearce Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:58:51 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/02/07/eh-7/#comment-6684 Of course, a global market for doctors should, or could, encourage far more people to go into the profession. Trouble is, of course, is that the business of being a doctor is incredibly heavily regulated in many countries and of course there are the still-powerful trade unions that run these professions to contend with. But your basic argument is absolutely correct. I used to be told that in the age of the Internet etc, that you could get more and more health issues diagnosed online or suchlike. Whatever happened to this? Of course, a global market for doctors should, or could, encourage far more people to go into the profession. Trouble is, of course, is that the business of being a doctor is incredibly heavily regulated in many countries and of course there are the still-powerful trade unions that run these professions to contend with. But your basic argument is absolutely correct.

I used to be told that in the age of the Internet etc, that you could get more and more health issues diagnosed online or suchlike. Whatever happened to this?

]]> By: Kay Tie http://timworstall.com/2008/02/07/eh-7/comment-page-1/#comment-6676 Kay Tie Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:20:35 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/02/07/eh-7/#comment-6676 Doctors are not fungible: domestic ones can speak English properly. Doctors are not fungible: domestic ones can speak English properly.

]]> By: Tim Almond http://timworstall.com/2008/02/07/eh-7/comment-page-1/#comment-6674 Tim Almond Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:02:55 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/02/07/eh-7/#comment-6674 Letters From a Tory "I think it’s a balancing act. If we spend £250,000 training a medical student, for them not to get a job at the end of it is a terrible waste of resources." How much of that £250,000 is the first 5 years of medicine, and how much is the following 2/4 years of post-graduate training? Letters From a Tory

“I think it’s a balancing act. If we spend £250,000 training a medical student, for them not to get a job at the end of it is a terrible waste of resources.”

How much of that £250,000 is the first 5 years of medicine, and how much is the following 2/4 years of post-graduate training?

]]> By: HJ http://timworstall.com/2008/02/07/eh-7/comment-page-1/#comment-6656 HJ Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:04:52 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/02/07/eh-7/#comment-6656 Aren't we always being told that there is a shortage of all sorts of medical treatment and resources to pay for them? If we have an oversupply, this should benefit the user because the cost should fall and so we can afford more. Oh, I forgot that the government hugely increased medical salaries in the NHS and the unions will protect these gains against the interests of the patients. Aren’t we always being told that there is a shortage of all sorts of medical treatment and resources to pay for them?

If we have an oversupply, this should benefit the user because the cost should fall and so we can afford more.

Oh, I forgot that the government hugely increased medical salaries in the NHS and the unions will protect these gains against the interests of the patients.

]]> By: Letters From A Tory http://timworstall.com/2008/02/07/eh-7/comment-page-1/#comment-6654 Letters From A Tory Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:30:14 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/02/07/eh-7/#comment-6654 I think it's a balancing act. If we spend £250,000 training a medical student, for them not to get a job at the end of it is a terrible waste of resources. Obviously competition for places is not a bad thing, but financially the government cannot afford to waste such large sums on training. http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com I think it’s a balancing act. If we spend £250,000 training a medical student, for them not to get a job at the end of it is a terrible waste of resources. Obviously competition for places is not a bad thing, but financially the government cannot afford to waste such large sums on training.

http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com

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