This crisis, though we wish it could have been avoided – is a big wake-up call to these institutions that business cannot continue as normal.
Some specialist hospitals have made stellar consultant appointments from abroad. However, many doctors relocating here are economic migrants.
Our university system is not producing enough at present, and the Government’s proposed reforms threaten to produce even fewer.
Attempts to push people on to technical courses at local further education colleges, among other proposals, could backfire.