Richard,
You are well informed. Yes, the armed forces biomeds do the same job to the same standard, with the same training and same test equipment.
They are not all product specific trained on all products (or were not when I trained) but are qualified and capable. (I would say that)
The average Hospital has 700 - 1000 different models of medical equipment. Even with an infinite budget we would not be able to train on all devices, so we must make decisions based on which equipment carries the hifghest risk to enable us to make decisions on how to spend our training funds wisely. I agree that the NHS needs to invest in training, but we also need to advise on how that money is best spent.
