Beating Round the Bush!

Abstract

Having read with interest Richard Smith’s editorial based on the BMJ survey and the lively debates on “Why are doctors so unhappy?” [1], one wonders if the roots of the problem and its solution remain overlooked while all are just beating round the bush. What has been said so far may have just succeeded in identifying the ill effects and manifestations of the problem: unhappy sick profession and discontented public with a falling apart MOH that was once one of the prides of the British system.