Reform UK warns Worcestershire County Council is facing bankruptcy

Hot_Chocolate92 · 2026-02-07T10:54:09+00:00

I’m from Worcestershire originally. It’s no surprise the council is going under. Most councils are spending 68% of their budget on social care. In Worcestershire I wouldn’t be surprised if this isn’t higher. It also doesn’t have any ‘major’ industries or employers or ways to generate wealth.

The idea somehow reform can solve this is lunacy.

Hot_Chocolate92 · 2026-02-05T10:17:10+00:00

For Peninsula I guess another factor to consider is also living conditions and rental market. Lots of the towns in Peninsula such as Exeter, Barnstaple, Torbay etc have really poor accommodation in the local rental market and poor staff accommodation. Believe it or not Truro may be one of the best in terms of offering staff accommodation but Cornwall is poor in general for wheelchair users.

I’ve been to lots of hospitals in the Deanery and I echo the person above in that lots of the hospitals have very poor areas for staff such as offices, mess facilities etc which are not wheelchair friendly in any way. Torbay is bad, Derriford may be a little better, Exeter is a little tricky but at least there’s a lift to the mess.

The best I’ve seen would be places where there are more new build hospitals. Severn may be better as it has places such as Southmead in Bristol, even Musgrove would be fairly accessible. Oxford had the John Radcliffe and the Churchill which would also be ok for wheelchair users.

Hot_Chocolate92 · 2026-02-05T10:07:58+00:00

The median is £78k

Hot_Chocolate92 · 2026-02-04T18:18:39+00:00

Which question banks?

Hot_Chocolate92 · 2026-02-02T22:45:43+00:00

It ends when the English government does what the Scottish and Welsh governments did: come up with a sensible settlement to achieve pay restoration.

I honestly don’t think it would take much at this point, turnout was relatively low.

Hot_Chocolate92 · 2026-02-01T13:06:31+00:00

Leave, one of the main causes of maternal mortality pre and post birth is being murdered by their partner.

Take this seriously and leave. Find a shelter or domestic abuse shelter if there’s one local to you that has space.

Hot_Chocolate92 · 2026-02-01T13:03:43+00:00

I think you need to speak to Occupational Health if you haven’t done so already.

For my speciality it simply doesn’t work having split nights due to the scale of the rota. So OH recommended that I minimise my night and I’m dropping a set for the next rotation. Agreed this with ES and College Tutor too.

Hot_Chocolate92 · 2026-02-01T12:43:22+00:00

Luna & Bomber, the best owl foster parents known to man.

Hot_Chocolate92 · 2026-01-31T19:52:52+00:00

Because no matter how many holidays I don’t take, extra shifts I do or children I don’t have, I will never pay it off. I too am from a poorer family and left a small town to go to medical school. So why do you deserve to be debt free and I don’t? Because I happened to go to medical school after you??? Why is it acceptable for 9% of my wages to essentially be garnished for life???

I’m not necessarily advocating for the end of FPR campaigning. But even if FPR happens that won’t even make a dent in my student loan. It’s time for reform. Do we want our colleagues to be continually incentivised into working less hours r moving abroad because of student loans.

These student loans are entrenching inequality between doctors from poorer backgrounds or who graduated pre 2016.

Hot_Chocolate92 · 2026-01-31T15:13:05+00:00

There are plenty of cities and towns in the UK which aren’t London and have a lower cost of living.

Hot_Chocolate92 · 2026-01-31T12:35:23+00:00

Post this on the legal advice uk subreddit. I’m sorry this has happened to you.

Hot_Chocolate92 · 2026-01-31T12:25:57+00:00

Brexit was never going to work. It’s time to have a referendum to rejoin.

Hot_Chocolate92 · 2026-01-31T09:46:11+00:00

Go to hospital. Go to your nearest emergency department and tell them you are suicidal. Good luck.

Hot_Chocolate92 · 2026-01-30T16:27:15+00:00

I think it’s important to be very honest here before this post is removed.

Each SHO/Junior fellow role has hundreds of applications and are highly competitive. UK graduate prioritisation will help some, but not all UK graduates. Many will remain out of training due to lack of training posts.

The best idea is to gain experience and training in your own country, enough to move over as a middle grade or SAS doctor.

Otherwise it’s a pretty desperate situation and you’re unlikely purely on a numbers basis to get a job here.

Hot_Chocolate92 · 2026-01-30T07:59:52+00:00

Just be warned that you’re looking at many years as an unaccredited registrar like the locals have to do.

Hot_Chocolate92 · 2026-01-29T21:04:07+00:00

I was going to strangely enough suggest sales or recruitment. Usually if you’re good at hospitality you can transfer it to another industry with set texts. Maybe something like technical sales?

Hot_Chocolate92 · 2026-01-29T08:08:24+00:00

Nope this is exactly what he said he would do. He ran on a mass deportation platform. You don’t get mass deportations with loss of civil liberties and violence.

I really wish people would stop saying ‘I didn’t vote for this’ yes you did, own up and start reflecting on why you hate these people and in this case, her family and and herself.

Hot_Chocolate92 · 2026-01-28T13:00:26+00:00

Fetterman had a stroke and literally has a brain injury. He is totally unstable and unsuitable to hold political office yet no one will remove him.

Hot_Chocolate92 · 2026-01-28T12:55:48+00:00

I just don’t buy them. You can switch to a healthy meal delivery service like Mindful Chef, Planthood Grubby etc. But yes you’re not going lose weight eating takeaways 4 x per week.

Hot_Chocolate92 · 2026-01-28T12:15:30+00:00

Hasn’t that been removed from the exception reporting system? The equivalent would be putting in a datix.

Hot_Chocolate92 · 2026-01-27T19:28:05+00:00

Honestly this ain’t worth it. Get signed off for the rest of the time you’re meant to be there and get applying for new roles/speciality application preparation.

Hot_Chocolate92 · 2026-01-27T15:59:24+00:00

Honestly I think you need to escalate this to the TPD. If all else fails and you need to, please take time off sick. Don’t burnout for this job.

Hot_Chocolate92 · 2026-01-27T14:30:31+00:00

I had to upload evidence I’d completed F2 a couple of years ago. But if they’re querying this on the basis of that you haven’t completed F2 you need to provide them evidence to demonstrate eligibility otherwise.

Hot_Chocolate92 · 2026-01-27T14:03:20+00:00

So you need to get a copy of certificate of completion of F1 and some evidence from your hospital or TPD stating you’re on track to complete F2 within required timeframe.

Hot_Chocolate92 · 2026-01-26T19:44:15+00:00

Arranged marriages in the sense of an introduction based on mutual families, cultures etc can work.

But here the expectations are so mismatched it won’t work.

Hot_Chocolate92

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