Shortage of Shrinks

Mad about Foreign Trained Doctors

The Royal College of Psychiatrists are apparently in its pre whinge state and moaning that they have no UK Graduates applying for their jobs.

The Guardian asks

"So why is it that only one in eight trainee psychiatrists are of UK origin? What exactly is putting British medical students off if services have improved?"

So lets ask ourselves why the Royal College of Psychiatrists has encouraged a foreign graduate from Uganda with a criminal record while two British graduates are left out. Here is Dinesh encouraging him. We also have to ask ourselves the question - why two British Graduates were denied Section 12[2] Approval under the Mental Health Act 1983 in 2005 while the Ugandan graduate was approved by none other than Royal College of Psychiatrist rep. This is despite the two British graduates having considerably more post Registration experience than the Ugandan. Apparently, in the old days, the Royal College wanted to encourage foreign doctors and went out of their way to pamper them. The fact that few of them could speak to patients properly escaped them. Personally, I used to be sick to death of covering for doctors who had just landed in the UK.

So while we are asking these questions, we have to examine why I as ex Psychiatrist was firstly fired off my job courtesy of a GMC Investigation on the strength of a link. Having shattered my Fitness to Practise record into pieces by vexatious complaints, the GMC takes no responsibility and the Royal College of Psychiatrists simply look over and ponder. Because that is all they can do. Being supportive is not within their makeup.

We also have to ask ourselves why I have not worked as a Psychiatrist since 2007? Something to do with harassment by the GMC?! Has the Royal College of Psychiatrists done a thing? No of course not. Incidentally, they do provide GMC assessors who are paid handsomely to diagnose Aspergers in doctors without Asbergers :).

We then have to ask ourselves why Dr X a capable psychiatrist and British graduate is currently stuck within the Interim Order Panel despite everyone admitting he was never a risk to patients. We have to ask ourselves why he has been stuck there for about 3 years.

So we have to ask ourselves what role the General Medical Council plays in dissuading British graduates.

Essentially, we are both British graduates. What has the Royal College of Psychiatrists ever done to support/encourage us? Sweet FA.

So there is absolutely no point in the Royal College of Psychiatrists moaning that British Graduates are not coming into the shrink profession. Are they encouraged?

Well, here we are - 2 British graduates. What is the Royal College of Psychiatrists going to do to encourage us ? Sweet FA again then?