Prices
- However, columns, blogs and comments present different opinions that contradict the dominant or hegemonic view (often written by younger people)
- Lots of coverage – with high prices almost always presented as a good thing. Mostly positive stories.
- The dominant or hegemonic view is that high house prices are good.
- Very little reference to the fact that house prices and risky mortgages contributed to the major economic crash in 2008.
- Stories generally presented from perspective of people who already own homes rather than those hoping to buy them – a classic example of the angle favouring the wealthy or ruling class.
- Little coverage of the impossibility of buying a house for young people.
" Last Thursday, Channel 4's provocatively named How to Get a Council House visited my east London borough, a diverse and thick-aired place, where each week 24,000 people hope to get one of the 40 council properties available. To me, it painted a portrait of a system that is as humiliating as it is impenetrable, but Twitter's hashtag showed that much of Britain was seeing something quite different. "
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/11/housing-renting-rising-property-prices#comments
The Royal College of General Practitioners warned in 2011 that this new system posed huge ethical risks. It’s one thing if doctors really are corrupt, and filling their pockets. But as the College warned: even if people only believe that their doctor might be thinking of their own income, then the reputational consequences for the medical profession will still be dire. This is no small thing, because medicine isn’t just about pills. The belief that your doctor has your interests at heart is at the core of the doctor-patient relationship, and the NHS has fostered that belief.
Is is worth paying for ?
how are nurses represented? In a positive way - NHS Direct is a service offered by the NHS to provide the public with the opportunity to obtain advice on health matters from qualified nurses. Nurses working for the NHS Direct helpline answer calls from the public and give advice on a wide range of health related issues. They use a system of computer based decision support guidelines to offer the appropriate advice, which can range from self care to an emergency service referral.
how are docters represented? The NHS Leadership Academy recently pledged its commitment to enhance female representation in the NHS clinical leadership workforce. The commitment was made at a ‘call to action’ event which was held in response to the Releasing Potential: Woman doctors and clinical leadership’ report.
