DOCTOR, DOCTOR
Another groan! Now here's a surprise. UK ethnic minority doctors are four times more likely than white candidates to fail their clinical GP exam according to the General Medical Council. A review into 5000 candidates was ordered after ethnic minority students complained that their exam was unfair. I think that's a euphemism for "I haven't reached the required standard, so let's blame somebody else". And let's face it, racial bias is always a good one to fall back on. There is apparently a Professor Aneez Esmail. Guess what his job is? No? Well, unless you're his wife who would obviously know what he did, there is no way in the world you would come up with him being an expert on 'racism in the NHS'! It is he who led the investigation and came to the conclusion that 'unconscious bias' could explain the findings. Luckily, the Royal College of GP's who set the exams denies that they are unfair - which is nice to know.
A couple of years ago I met a doctor at Frimley Park Hospital who was obviously from abroad but displayed almost impeccable english. I asked him where he was from and he replied "Malta" I then asked if he liked it here. He told me that not only did he like it here, but he proffered the opinion that to be born an Englishman was to be born into a very exclusive club. Interested in his answer, I asked him how he felt about himself, now that he had taken up residency here. "Oh", came the thoughtful reply,"I consider myself to be an associate member" Now that shows class!
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