Of Course supply and demand comes into the equation as does pay and working conditions. The role of all hospital staff regardless of rank is to help sick people and to be free to do that, Right now that is impossible due to the overbearing nature of the hierarchy and Government policy regardless of political hue. Look at the number of British Doctors and Nurses who choose to go abroad to work, sometimes permanently and sometimes working in the voluntary sector, they do so for experience and because they are passionate about their chosen vocation. When I have been into Hospital which has been far too often of late, I found staff working under extreme pressure and subjected to horrendous abuse, Where has respect gone? Why is everyone so rude and what can we do about it. Shifts are long and arduous enough without all the abuse staff are forced to endure. Government need to address this and the fact that the resources given are insufficient given the population demographics we have today.. I also agree that our GP Surgeries need to be far more flexible in order to take pressure off A&E departments, You cannot get an urgent apointment at your GP unless you are at deaths door in which case they call an ambuance and despatch you off to A&E.  I have never known it as bad as this yet we managed during the war!