There are lots of things I would do very, very differently and I’m never going to be a spokesman for the Conservative Party. He’s made it a bit of a priority and I’m grateful. In fairness to him, that had already appeared on his radar. Obviously, the true answer is it needs tons and tons of money, but I thought I’d say something that was potentially achievable, so I talked about looking after doctors. I met him fairly soon after he became health secretary and he asked what one thing I would do to help the NHS. In general, Matt Hancock is doing a good job. Because if that book puts you off medicine then medicine’s really going to put you off medicine. They read your book and now they don’t want to do it.” My response to that is: good. I get occasional emails from parents, saying, “You put my son/daughter off medicine. It’s not part of the interview process it’s not taught at medical school. I don’t think I knew what I was getting into. Medicine is a job to go into with your eyes wide open.
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