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Overweight doctors and nurses

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http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jul/30/doctors-and-nurses-told-to-slim-down-for-sake-of-patients

I should think so too. I saw a nurse at our surgery recently and she was bursting out of her uniform. You could have balanced a tea tray on her backside and she must have weighed over 18 stones and she was only short.
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  • ianradioianianradioian Posts: 74,865
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    Most people are getting fatter; nurses and doctors are no exception!
  • 80sfan80sfan Posts: 18,522
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    Perhaps stop employing bureaucratic, overpaid 'so called' experts in the NHS, employ more nurses & doctors who can then take proper breaks with proper lunch and dinner times so they can enjoy proper food. And take some of the stress and workload off of them so they can get proper rest and relaxation.

    Simple. Perhaps I should expect a six-figure fee from my local NHS trust for my suggestion?
  • Billy_ValueBilly_Value Posts: 22,920
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    never really thought about and now i have it doesn't really bother me, as long as they do their job right, they can have one eye and 2 fingers
  • Summer BreezeSummer Breeze Posts: 4,399
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    Billy_Value wrote: »
    never really thought about and now i have it doesn't really bother me, as long as they do their job right, they can have one eye and 2 fingers



    I agree with you.

    I know it can be a case of the Docs not practising what they preach at times, but that is just the way it is.
  • SupratadSupratad Posts: 10,442
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    The respiratory specialist who threatened to remove my driving licence due to my sleep apnoea was an ernomous bloke. He certainly hadn't signed his hippocritic oath.
  • EbonyHamsterEbonyHamster Posts: 8,175
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    As long as they don't have a go at others for their weight it's fine
  • SchmiznurfSchmiznurf Posts: 4,434
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    As the old saying goes, "Do as I say, not as I do!" If a doctor wants to be overweight and tell others to slim down then they are just doing their job in trying to help someone else's health. What they do with their own is of no concern to anyone but themselves and their own physician.
  • Bex_123Bex_123 Posts: 10,783
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    EbonyHamster wrote: »
    As long as they don't have a go at others for their weight it's fine

    It depends what you mean by 'having a go'. Doctors and nurses are supposed to advise people on how to stay healthy. If the person needs to lose weight for that then they should be pointing that out.

    With a lot of health professionals it's a case of 'do as I say, not as I do' to be honest and I don't really mind it. As long as the person is giving the right advice and doing their job properly I don't really care whether they keep to it themselves or not.
  • EbonyHamsterEbonyHamster Posts: 8,175
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    Bex_123 wrote: »
    It depends what you mean by 'having a go'. Doctors and nurses are supposed to advise people on how to stay healthy. If the person needs to lose weight for that then they should be pointing that out.

    If a doctor saying that to me was fat I would just laugh
  • Bex_123Bex_123 Posts: 10,783
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    EbonyHamster wrote: »
    If a doctor saying that to me was fat I would just laugh

    Why though? All they are doing is telling you that ideally you need to lose weight. Their doctor will say the same to them. It really doesn't affect the message they are giving you.

    I'm a health professional who unfortunately smokes. I advise patients to quit smoking, because that is the best thing for their health. I get lectured by my own health professionals about my own smoking but that's another story.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 9,720
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    Schmiznurf wrote: »
    As the old saying goes, "Do as I say, not as I do!" If a doctor wants to be overweight and tell others to slim down then they are just doing their job in trying to help someone else's health. What they do with their own is of no concern to anyone but themselves and their own physician.

    Would you go to a dentist that had black teeth?
  • Sun Tzu.Sun Tzu. Posts: 19,064
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    Eat less crap, more excercise. You will lose weight. NHS doctors or nurses should not have to work out due to the walking about. So it's a diet issue.
  • 80sfan80sfan Posts: 18,522
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    Bex_123 wrote: »

    I'm a health professional who unfortunately smokes. I advise all my patients to quit smoking, because that is the best thing for their health. I get lectured by my own health professionals about my own smoking but that's another story.

    With all the stress, hours, pressures & silly government targets & hoop jumping NHS workers have day in day out, I'm surprised every doctor & nurse isn't living on coffee, Mars Bars & 60 Rothmans a day just to cope :D
  • Flash525Flash525 Posts: 8,862
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    Because people who like their food aren't able to help tell you what might be a symptom all of a sudden? What the hell does it matter how big (or small) a Doctor or Nurse is? If they can do their job, and they're clued up enough with it, then what's the problem?
  • TerraCanisTerraCanis Posts: 14,099
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    Cura te ipsum :-D
  • Summer BreezeSummer Breeze Posts: 4,399
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    I had the TV on in the background this morning, one of the shows was covering this story.
    A male nurse rang in and said he was overweight, he seemed to blame it on working long hours and not having the time and money to join a gym.
    He said when he gets home from work he is tired so often gets a take out.

    It is of course about food intake and exercise.
    There is always time to eat good food, maybe not to take the time to go to a gym, but lots of exercise does not involve money and valuable time taken to get to a gym.

    The lady taking his call seemed to understand his mindset and sympathised with him, that was Anne Diamond.
  • Summer BreezeSummer Breeze Posts: 4,399
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    TerraCanis wrote: »
    Cura te ipsum :-D


    Very good, I did have to google that to learn its meaning.
  • coughthecatcoughthecat Posts: 6,876
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    Bex_123 wrote: »
    Why though? All they are doing is telling you that ideally you need to lose weight. Their doctor will say the same to them. It really doesn't affect the message they are giving you.

    I'm a health professional who unfortunately smokes. I advise patients to quit smoking, because that is the best thing for their health. I get lectured by my own health professionals about my own smoking but that's another story.

    Absolutely. It's advice they're giving.

    I'm trying to imagine how stupid someone would have to be to argue "I'm not going to try to lose weight and improve my health because the nurse was fat"!
  • Kaz159Kaz159 Posts: 11,824
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    80sfan wrote: »
    Perhaps stop employing bureaucratic, overpaid 'so called' experts in the NHS, employ more nurses & doctors who can then take proper breaks with proper lunch and dinner times so they can enjoy proper food. And take some of the stress and workload off of them so they can get proper rest and relaxation.

    Simple. Perhaps I should expect a six-figure fee from my local NHS trust for my suggestion?

    Agree with you.
  • Pumping IronPumping Iron Posts: 29,891
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    I really couldn't care less if my Dr was fat or not. Being fat doesn't make you a good or bad doctor.
  • coughthecatcoughthecat Posts: 6,876
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    Meilie wrote: »
    Would you go to a dentist that had black teeth?

    My first dentist had no teeth! Didn't bother me in the slightest as he was a damned good dentist which was all that I judged him on.
  • MaxatoriaMaxatoria Posts: 17,980
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    My first doctor would tell my parents to stop smoking and cut down on the alcohol all the time puffing on a pipe with a wee dram infront of him in the 1970's
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    Supratad wrote: »
    The respiratory specialist who threatened to remove my driving licence due to my sleep apnoea was an ernomous bloke. He certainly hadn't signed his hippocritic oath.
    Why, what was in his hippocritic oath?
    Meilie wrote: »
    Would you go to a dentist that had black teeth?

    How is that even slightly similar? A doctor's primary function is not to make people thin; it is to treat the sick. Are you really saying that you would walk (painfully) out if you went to hospital with a broken leg and a fat doctor came to look at it?
  • *Sparkle**Sparkle* Posts: 10,957
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    EbonyHamster wrote: »
    As long as they don't have a go at others for their weight it's fine

    The thing is, would it stop them from being honest with a patient about the patient's need to lose weight?
  • tiacattiacat Posts: 22,521
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    Supratad wrote: »
    The respiratory specialist who threatened to remove my driving licence due to my sleep apnoea was an ernomous bloke. He certainly hadn't signed his hippocritic oath.

    Your objection would only make sense if he was refusing to sign himself off his driving licence due to him having sleep apnoea.
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