Given that ‘our’ NHS seems to be in a state of permanent financial crisis and always seems to need ever more of our money, I like to look out for the many new and ingenious ways ‘our’ NHS finds to spaff our money on politically-correct nonsense. One of the clearest indications of ‘our’ NHS’s financial incontinence is the constant stream of job vacancies for DIE (Diversity, Inclusion and Equality) managers being paid up to £80,000 a year. I have written about this previously on the Daily Sceptic. Using what the Germans so elegantly call fingerspitzgefühl I estimate that ‘our’ NHS currently squanders around £100 million a year on the cost of these people including their salaries, office costs and amount of frontline staff’s time they waste on pointless DIE courses.
I noticed that in the six weeks of the election campaign there weren’t any DIE vacancies advertised – though I expected lots of them once Labour was in power as ‘our’ NHS knows the new Government will hose billions more of our money into the seemingly insatiable gaping maws of our envy-of-the-world health service. So far there have just been three new NHS DIE vacancies advertised since the election. But I suspect this is just the beginning of a flood. So, as Mr. Streeting promises to reform ‘our’ NHS to ensure our money is spent well on things like cutting waiting lists and improving patient care, NHS bosses are off again squandering huge sums of our money on building totally pointless DIE empires in all our hospitals and healthcare organisations. Moreover, a couple of days ago I found what seems to me to be a new and exciting way for ‘our’ NHS to excrete our money down the drainpipe of history. There is a new job ad for a “Senior Fellow in Masculinising Genital Gender Affirmation Surgery” at Barnet and Chase Farm hospitals. I was married to a surgeon for over 20 years. But when I saw the job ad, I didn’t have a clue what “Masculinising Genital Gender Affirmation Surgery” was.
Fortunately, Dr. Google helpfully explained: “Masculinising genital gender affirming surgery is surgery to remove all or part of the vagina, called a vaginectomy, create a scrotum, called scrotoplasty, place testicular prostheses, increase the length of the clitoris, called metoidioplasty, or create a penis, called phalloplasty.”
So, there you have it folks. Rather than using our money on old-fashioned things like treating cancer patients or accident victims, ‘our’ NHS is splashing our cash on sticking dicks on chicks. (At this point, for educational purposes only, I was going to show you a few pictures of Masculinising Genital Gender Affirmation Surgery. But decided to refrain as, unless you like your steaks bien saignant, these might put you off your dinner for quite some time. However, if you Google images of Masculinising Genital Gender Affirmation Surgery you’ll see what I mean. It looks rather unpleasant and exceedingly painful.)
There were some other aspects of this wonderful job opportunity I found mildly interesting/depressing:
- the successful applicant is encouraged to have both a ‘safe and effective’ vaccine and a ‘safe and effective’ vaccine booster against COVID-19, even though we know that there is no evidence that the ‘safe and effective’ vaccines were ever tested to establish whether they gave any protection against a person infecting others. The job ad explained: “Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19. We encourage and support staff to get COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible.”
- the successful applicant must show “Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values”. One of the trust’s key values is, of course, diversity: “We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.”
Although this is just one of many jobs being advertised by ‘our’ NHS, it seems to me to be yet another indication of how far ‘our’ NHS has strayed from its founding principles of provided free medical care for those in most need. Sticking dicks on chicks hardly seems to me to be a medical necessity.
David Craig is the author of There is No Climate Crisis, available as an e-book or paperback from Amazon.
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