Originally Posted by Unregistered

This is gonna sound like a stupid question. But why can’t they just increase the number of consultant jobs? It’s not like you need people to train Consultants, more Consultants = more people to train trainees in the respective specialties = more people get to move up, wouldn’t that solve the issue and more Consultants per ward would mean better care? Or is the problem of more Consultants akin to the idea of printing money, if you print more money, the money gradually becomes devalued such like Consultants becoming less valued, they start having pay cuts since there are so many of them.