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Originally Posted by Guinness
You are right, the NHS is a political football and I see what you are saying but think about it...the NHS is more than just healthcare..its feeding the sick, buying sheets and blankets, paying the electricity bills, keeping ambulances and other ancilliary vehicles on the road, purchasing equipment, drugs and furniture...etc...etc...etc..
It makes no sense and its a waste of resources to have clinicians doing those jobs when they are needed to actually heal people.
The main problem with the NHS is the serious wastage of money that is more to do with lack of accountability and poor management than it is to do with government or actual healthcare. I think you highlighted it yourself a few months ago (think it was something about furniture but not too sure).
Lets use breaking your leg as an example...the doctor fixes it as you'd expect under the system..BUT..then you get a brand new crutch free of charge, which they don't want back, (presumably because they may get sued if they supply a crutch which is a little bit worn), they also give you a free leaflet offering free additional aids like things that enable you to sit on and get up from the toilet and have a bath or shower without getting your cast wet, (neither of which they want back). Is this government policy or is this a decision made by NHS management? I believe they even give you the option of having coloured casts????
I use the word 'free' but it all has to be paid for.
The current government doesn't highlight this managerial/admin caused 'free' wastage, they prefer to blame the guys who actually fix the break and say it costs too much in their incessant push for private healthcare.
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I recon the NHS is top heavy with not clinical, I mean paper shufflers, I went from 1995 to 2002 without a stay in hospital, when I was admitted back in 2002 the in crease in none clinical staff was very apparent people endlessly walking about looking important with pieces of paper in their hands, very much like County Hall, but that's another story, the waste in the NHS is ridiculous and something you realise if you're unfortunately a constant end user.