BBC Holby Franchise

[otolith]

It really is an extended Unison propaganda piece, isn't it?

[mph1977]

otolith said:

It really is an extended Unison propaganda piece, isn't it?

Holby has no bearing to the reality in the NHS any more ...

Holby city never has reflected the reality of NHS clinical practice and Casualty has lost a lot of the realism it had , i'm suprised Derek Thompson (charlie) is still involved , as IMO Casualty had 'jumped the shark' around the time Ian Belasdale (josh) left.

the list of innaccuracies is huge - far too long to list and probably a little bit technical for someone who doesn't work in the health service.

the Merger with St James and Foundation Trust stuff in Holby City is a pantomime caricature of the realities of these processes, and the way in which the Staff progression works in both HC and Casualty is utterly ridiculous - where in the case of Casualty it used to be fairly accurate with new SHOs each series but the regs and consultants hanging round for longer.

when did Nick Jordan get his FCEM ?

[otolith]

I'm sure the inaccuracy goes without saying, along with the way every car journey ends in a crash and most staff die rather than leave! I was getting at the politics, though, and the morality tales on public/private and management/practitioners.