[Bonnyboy]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Bonnyboy, you may be right about the chunk of taxes that is allocated to the NHS....but would you prefer to have your parking free but no money to pay for medicines, treatments, and staff to take care of you when you are sick?......and as for the Road Tax......have a look at the state of the roads in this locality....do you think you get what you pay for in that respect?
If you don't like what you are getting for your money, then you know what to do with your X the next time it comes around to election time

There are instances of poor roads everywhere, the amount of cash that the NHS gets should be, by far, enough to buy whichever medication is required, source whichever treatment is needed, supply the staff and run hospitals in a safe manner, car parks included. The NHS is blighted with mismanagement by people with no medical background. Other organisations have similar problems but seem to be able to weed this kind of thing out of the system. A for instance of what I mean might be why should a directorate manager ( with no medical background )working in Blackpool, just as an e.g. making decisions upon availability of beds, whilst at home here in Accy or deciding which wards should close or how many nurses have to be axed to meet targets.