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Sunday 27 November 2016

Beware the "senior surgeon"



I would hope that if I end up like this - assuming that I haven't already - that someone might find a diplomatic formula of words to point it out to me. Leo Gordon is writing re the US system and general surgery, but these archetypes are global, and in the NHS tend to drift into doing less and less whilst demanding more respect and acclaim. The NHS is probably the softest employer in world healthcare and it's perfectly possible to showboat in the last 10 years before retirement, if you're so inclined. It doesn't take long before a degree of affection is replaced by irritation if they don't tone it down.



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