Anne McIntosh has a point buts she will be ignored
Today In Parliament Tory MP Anne McIntosh warned that 7 in
10 medical students are women and as most Women doctors start working part time
once they have children this is going to be a burden on the NHS. Now instantly many will think sexist, but if
you actually think about it you will say she has a point. Firstly the problem is not women doctors it
is the fact most Women doctors will often have a successful partner so when
they have children rather than pay for child care they are better of dropping
down to part time, they can afford to do this.
Now the NHS will have to employ two part time doctors to fill full time vacancies. The problem is not women doctors they can do
the job as well as men it is the fact that once they have kids working in a
stressful hospital environment is not always practical. Secondly, this is a wider problem affecting
Women nearly every woman has maternity leave and many only work part time after
having a child, this is a problem when it comes to women competing with men for
top jobs.
So as I said earlier Anne McIntosh has a point however the
influx of female doctors is only a problem because there is a child care
problem. The government has passed a
bill on childcare but it is not enough, childcare needs to be free or dirt cheap
for it to not be a burden on most people.
Another solution requires a culture shift, and that is that men start
working part time once their partner has a child however wages between the
genders would need to be balanced for this to become the norm. So until something is done about the cause of
women doctors becoming part time doctors Anne McIntosh has a point, because the
cost of training the extra doctors to cover those working part time will burden
the NHS.
To conclude what I am trying to say is Anne McIntosh is
right in saying an increase in the number of part time doctors will place a
greater burden on the NHS. The increase
in female doctors is not a problem if the number of them working part time is decreased,
and if people listened rather than calling her deluded or sexist then the
problem could be solved, and by solving the problem of the high number of
female part time workers you will see an advancement in women’s rights in
general. The pay gap between women and
men would decrease because employers would not be so worried about women dropping
to part time work after having a child, and there would be more women in top
jobs because there would be a wider pool of full time female workers. However stay at home mums can be great for
children and a parent working part time can be good for families, but if people
fail to acknowledge facts and do not act problems do develop. There are numerous ways to stop an increase
in part time doctors becoming a financial burden on the NHS but if nothing is
done about it due to political correctness it will produce a financial burden
on the NHS.
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