NHS in turmoil

FOR 12 years, I was a medical staffing manager responsible for recruitment. During that time, I witnessed constant interference by politicians.

It is a joke in the NHS that a change of government would be followed by turmoil and change. Patients no longer have continuity of care. They are seen by several trainees during their stay as juniors have day-to-day care responsibility. How scary must that be?

It has always been difficult to cover leave, but the NHS has never before been in such dire straits. I saw UK medical students decline posts due to the employment of overseas doctors.

Agencies should be told there is a

maximum that trusts are willing pay for locums. Change is only good if there is evidence it will be better for patients, who I don’t think are even a factor in these decisions.

The NHS was my passion, but I left upset and angry at the way it operates.

C. WILD, Walsall, W. Mids.