British Military Current Events

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UK, non-military news, nevertheless not something that Starmer wants to be reading about.

Doctors in England looking to make the move to Canada amid labour unrest​

Doctors in England looking to make the move to Canada amid labour unrest

Amid months of labour unrest in England, a new report published by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) has revealed that doctors and medical specialists in that country are looking to make the jump across the Atlantic, with some eyeing a move to Canada to set up their practice.

www.ctvnews.ca

“The main reason I moved (to Canada) is because I was worried about my job security (in England). I trained in the United Kingdom, (and) did my family medicine training in the U.K. I noticed towards the end of my time there, working in the Birmingham area, (that) it was becoming difficult to work the shifts that I wanted, and financially I was forced to look elsewhere,” said Dr. Okoroh.

This Monday, June 15, doctors in England will stage a walkout, marking the 16th time they’ve held a similar job action during their long-running, months-long dispute with the government over wages and a lack of employment opportunities.

In Canada, the medical system is facing the opposite issue: not enough family doctors for patients across the country.

So the UK 'has too many Doctors and thus they don't have enough employment opportunities' - or - the UK doesn't invest enough in the NHS, thus the existing Doctors aren't able to practice their profession at 100% capacity?
“The key thing that Canada obviously has to make sure is that the process to recruit doctors is rigorous, because you’re trying to maintain a certain kind of quality of care in the country as well,” said Dr. Okoroh

As long as their dentists stay over there.

 

[daftandbarmy]

As long as their dentists stay over there.

"English Teeth! HEROES' Teeth!
Hear them click! and clack!
Let's sing a song of praise to them —
Three Cheers for the Brown, Grey and Black."
— Spike Milligan, "Teeth"

 

[Eaglelord17]

As long as their dentists stay over there.

Hey we have a trades shortage, we need every blacksmith we can get

 

[Kirkhill]

Dan Jarvis takes job of Secretary of Defence expecting to get more money.

Dan Jarvis ‘determined’ to get armed forces ‘precisely’ what they need

Minister says it is his job to ‘keep marching forward’ as he vows to deliver for the military

www.independent.co.uk

Dan Jarvis will not get more money.

Changes to UK defence plan ‘will not include more funding’

The government has been under pressure to look again at the plan after John Healey quit

uk.news.yahoo.com

How long will Dan Jarvis stay in post?

Makerfield by-election on Thursday, three days from now.

 

[dapaterson]

As long as their dentists stay over there.

 

[Kirkhill]

3 Rifles in Finland

British troops test drone war tactics near Russian border

Soldiers from 3rd Battalion The Rifles have joined Finland's Kainuu Brigade for Exercise Northern Star, around 43 miles from the Russian border.

ukdefencejournal.org.uk

"3 Rifles forms part of 11th Brigade, one of the British Army’s drone-equipped formations specialising in uncrewed aerial systems at low and mid-level altitudes, and has recently been re-designated as one of the new Near Surface Infantry Battalions, a concept built around pairing soldiers on the ground with sensors and strike drones overhead."

"Two systems sit at the heart of the approach, say the Army. The first, called Ghost, is an autonomous uncrewed aircraft resembling a small helicopter, designed for medium-range reconnaissance and surveillance and feeding real-time intelligence and target detection back to the command post. Once a target is identified, that information is passed to the second system, Bolt, a single-use one-way effector carrying onboard munitions that speeds to its target and destroys both the target and itself, the same first-person-view attack profile that has come to dominate the battlefield in Ukraine.

"The exercise conducting officer, Major Steve Watts, said the pairing changed what a small unit could do. “With ‘Ghost’ and ‘Bolt,’ you can make a decision faster and you can kill things further away,” he said, which increased both lethality and survivability “because you haven’t got to be there to kill something, you can send a sensor forward, and that’s really critical as we look to the future.”"

"The soldiers were also equipped with the Android Tactical Assault Kit, known as ATAK or the TAC system, a GPS-enabled device that lets troops see each other’s positions, what is happening around them and where the enemy is. Watts described a lattice network tying everything together, so that troops on the ground wearing a TAC on their chest can see what the drone sees. “It can give instant situational awareness,” he said, “and that’s all key, because once you join together like that, you can pass information, and therefore you can become more lethal.”"

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[Kirkhill]

Dan Jarvis takes job of Secretary of Defence expecting to get more money.

Dan Jarvis ‘determined’ to get armed forces ‘precisely’ what they need

Minister says it is his job to ‘keep marching forward’ as he vows to deliver for the military

www.independent.co.uk

Dan Jarvis will not get more money.

Changes to UK defence plan ‘will not include more funding’

The government has been under pressure to look again at the plan after John Healey quit

uk.news.yahoo.com

How long will Dan Jarvis stay in post?

Makerfield by-election on Thursday, three days from now.

I wonder if he will take a leaf from the Yanks' book

Pentagon may ‘sacrifice’ traditional weapons to buy more drones if reconciliation fails: CTO - Breaking Defense

"We just make other trade-offs, like against exquisite weapons and systems: How much of those are we willing to sacrifice in place of low-cost autonomous weapons," Emil Michael said.

breakingdefense.com

 

[daftandbarmy]

The writing's on the wall... in a borrowed pencil

UK forces face operational cuts without more cash, defence chief warns​

The UK's armed forces will have to "dial back" training and operations if they do not receive more cash than is currently being offered, the chief of the defence staff has warned.

Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton said the government's Defence Investment Plan (DIP) did not include enough funding to support "day-to-day activities" in the short term.

John Healey resigned as defence secretary last week, claiming the proposed cash settlement "would reduce the readiness of our Forces and increase the risk to personnel on operations".

In a Commons statement earlier on Tuesday, he said his resignation had been "necessary in securing the future of Britain's armed forces and our alliances".

"My decision last week was about our country, not career," he told MPs.

And in a swipe at Chancellor Rachel Reeves, who he has said was "unwilling" to provide adequate funds to meet the threats facing the nation, he warned that "our adversaries do not follow timetables set by the Treasury".

Armed forces face cuts without more funding, warns defence chief

It comes as ex-defence secretary John Healey says the UK's enemies "do not follow timetables set by the Treasury".

www.bbc.com