With no women in the most powerful bodies of the Communist Party, Beijing is seeking to push young people towards marriage, so as to reverse declining birth rates
To boost the birth rate, the Chinese president and the Communist Party are looking to women. The reasons for the plummeting birth rate are attributable to the one-child policy, the economic crisis China is going through, and a cultural change among the younger generations.
The Social Weather Stations recently released its latest findings. Except for the capital, more households rate themselves as poor, especially in the south of the country, with an increase of almost two million households in five years. The Always Poor number 9.7 million.
To boost the birth rate, the Chinese president and the Communist Party are looking to women. The reasons for the plummeting birth rate are attributable to the one-child policy, the economic crisis China is going through, and a cultural change among the younger generations.
A recent general meeting of the Royal College of Anaesthetists voted to demand better postgraduate training for doctors.1 Rotational training for doctors can have huge negative effects on morale, patient care, educational opportunities, and home life.1
Improving the quality and availability of postgraduate training posts for doctors is key to having a viable NHS and a healthy population. Four months on from the publication of the NHS workforce plan,2 we should admit that it overlooked training doctors. We need doctors who can uniquely manage complexity and plan personalised care crucially, understanding when to avoid excess healthcare and overmedicalisation.
Postgraduate training for doctors is broken, and they don’t feel valued. Doctors in …