NHS managers also jump the queue
Editor—The
variety of views expressed in last month's article,
“Jumping the Queue,” was
interesting.1
But preferential treatment is not just given to clinical
staff.
People in powerful
non-clinical positions in the NHS use their influence to get
preferential treatment for often minor ailments. I was surprised to see
this on my recent attachment to the emergency department of a busy
district general
hospital.
Immediately treating a
clinical colleague on duty to enable them to get back to essential
patient care makes sense. But it's hard to justify VIP treatment
for people perceived to be important. If the NHS is supposed to create
a single tier system of health care, should the prince be treated
differently to the
pauper?
Aijaz Mohammad, fourth year medical student, Glasgow University
Email: 0105958M@student.gla.ac.uk
studentBMJ 2005;13:89-132 March ISSN 0966-6494
- Mandeville K. Jumping the queue. studentBMJ 2005;13:34-5. (January.)
