ABSTRACT
Maintaining morale can be a problem in the NHS. Many consultants retire early, some abuse alcohol, others keep their interest up doing private practice. For an organisation of its size and importance, the NHS is poorly equipped, under-staffed and, at times, chaotically run. Salaries and working conditions for many staff are poor, and doctors get little thanks or appreciation from our political masters. Even job security, the corner-stone of compensation for the disadvantages of working for a monopoly, public sector employer, is compromised by constant revolution in the modern NHS.
