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Patricia Hewitt is most certainly NOT the "UK secretary of state for
health". Devolution for Scotland has meant a Scottish Parliament and our
own health service in the charge of a Minister for Health within the
Scottish Executive.
Your error does serve to highlight, however, the muddled thinking
that exists within the medical establishment in the UK, from the "British"
Medical Journal through the UK based regulatory bodies to the (UK) Royal
Colleges.
The blinkered out-of-date views of these bodies hinders full
devolution in health for Scotland because they stick to their outdated UK
stance on matters. In many ways the NHS is in a mess at the moment but a
reactionary establishment merely adds to the problem with the British
Medical Association and the Royal Colleges all being London based.
Please, waken up to political reality. The BMA and the Royal Colleges
must recognise devolution and organise themselves to work within it.
Devolution ignored by medical establishment
Patricia Hewitt is most certainly NOT the "UK secretary of state for
health". Devolution for Scotland has meant a Scottish Parliament and our
own health service in the charge of a Minister for Health within the
Scottish Executive.
Your error does serve to highlight, however, the muddled thinking
that exists within the medical establishment in the UK, from the "British"
Medical Journal through the UK based regulatory bodies to the (UK) Royal
Colleges.
The blinkered out-of-date views of these bodies hinders full
devolution in health for Scotland because they stick to their outdated UK
stance on matters. In many ways the NHS is in a mess at the moment but a
reactionary establishment merely adds to the problem with the British
Medical Association and the Royal Colleges all being London based.
Please, waken up to political reality. The BMA and the Royal Colleges
must recognise devolution and organise themselves to work within it.
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