Painful memories of the NHS conflict trap.

Conditions have been imposed on the NHS by successive governments in pursuit of their economic policies which have had serious repercussions for staff. Saying that it is unfortunate that the Royal Commission did not make any real contribution to an understanding of NHS industrial relations author looks at the deep rooted problems which encompass all health service staff. He also says that it has become the policy of some national newspaper proprietors to give the impression that NHS problems are created by a few untypical malcontents.