Moneo writes: Cost of living in a crisis

The start of a new year should bring with it optimism and hope for good things to come in the next few months. Back in my December column of 2019, I suggested that as the year of 2020 unfolded we would have a major opportunity to design and develop our own destiny as a profession. Of course, we all know that opportunity was, to a great extent, thwarted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Looking back much further to 16 years ago, I was writing about the same thing and how we needed to rapidly change the NHS GOS regulations if we were to flourish as a profession. Covid-19 did not exist 16 years ago and so the lack of progress we have made during that time cannot be blamed on it.