Hello

Unfortunately when we get around this age we start spending some time visiting hostpitals there you see many young doctors in jeans and coloured shirts,I trust my life in their hands.
Regards.
Jim.B.

I think Jim, the casual approach is to put patients at their ease. A lot of people suffer `white coat syndrome` and become nervous being examined, especially if the doc still has blood on his`white coat`.

Hi Jim, this is a photo of my son in action in hospital, taken from the BBC TV.
it is not quite Jeans and tartan shirts.
But regulations have now changed,
The Doctors are not allowed to wear a suit, nor Tie, shirt slieves have to be short or rolled up.
and no jewelry allowed.
This is because of Hygene Regulations.. He was telling me about it a couple of weeks ago.
Cheers
Brian

I think that the dress for interviews etc, have changed beyond recognition, a small example is reporters on TV rarely wear a tie, years ago always wore ties. But the biggest change i have noticed is at funerals, us of the older generation always wore suits, or at least smart casual with a tie, but the last funerals i have been to, there has been jeans T shirts, and one guy had a bomber type jacket with a large logo on the back. i think it what we are going to have to get used to, KT

I think if you are going for a Corporate Job with a portfolio of a few million pounds a year like the SHELL job I went to then you need to look the part
If you are going for a Labouring job doesnt matter too much. Depends on the job.

Brian
The hospital I was in in Antwerp beats any NHS hospital into a corner.
All staff, including consultants, wore hospital scrubs with the colour of the top denoting your job. Even the lady who brought the book trolley round wore hospital scrubs. These scrubs were laundered daily at the hospitals expense.
When I was discharged it took less than 30 minutes to collate all my notes, scans and treatment onto one DVD which was in English, that I brought home with me for passing onto my G.P. (very impressed he was too).
The nurses stations were all very neat and tidy with computer access to all patients in the hospital and you never saw any non medical staff on the corridors as all the backroom staff were housed in there own wing with a completely separate entrance and were not allowed into the medical areas.
The standard of cleanliness was absolutely superb as were all the nursing, doctors and consultants who all spoke excellent English.
The hospital was part funded by the Government and a charitable society with the balance made up from private medical schemes of the patients of whom there were many elderly men and women, but if they did not have private they still received the same treatment.
The biggest differences were
1. The hospital was actually run by MEDICAL staff
2. Everything was computerised so you never saw anyone wandering around in civvies, high heels or cheap suits, with a clip board or file folder under their arms, looking serious and important as they were so called Managers but whom given push to shove could not manage a pizz up in a brewery, which is a sight often seen in NHS hospitals.
rgds
JA

Whilst waiting at the local Crematorium , the funeral in front , had all the guys mates carrying pints of lager and wearing football shirts , I had some mixed feelings about that one

Hi Richard.

The best ever one I was in was the Queens Medical Centre in Honolulu last February 13.
I had my own rooms, with TV and a computer and internet. Batroom and day room.
I had my own Nurse who was with me all the time. 3 Nurses on shifts round the clock,
All the Nurses wore Hawaiian shirts. Different coloured flowers showed their rank.The Doctors also had Hawaiian shirts on. very colourful.excellent treatment, they actually saved my life, I was dead man walking when I went in, Four days to live, and had two operations.
The Doctors knew my son, they had worked with him when he had a few years over there
The Cost? $51,456. 80 cents. US.
Worth every cent, saved me..
Cheers
Brian.

Imagine you are the CEO of some large bank and Richard Branson is interested in buying the place and he is coming for a meet up.You get dressed upto the nines and Richard attends in a pair of jeans and a pink shirt.You are accepted how you dress by who you are and how much money you have.
Regards.
Jim.B.

Doubt Stephen is in the same position as Richard Branson Jim, if he were then he wouldn't need to apply for a job, he could buy his own yacht and employ a crew, hardly a comparative simile, even though I know the point you are making. The CEO would be dressed up hoping that Richard would employ him, it's all about respect for the top dog, the top dogs got the money, you want it to trickle down to you.

Anyway young Stephen has enough leads now to help him on his quest, let's hope they bear fruit if he follows them