NHS ? ..... What NHS ?.

[Pete Grey]

Right from the very start it the NHS was unsustainable.

After the war the health of the nation was in such a bad state, the idea was that after the initial surge of funding as health improved the NHS would not need so much cash to keep it going.

However as a result of people living longer they need more costly care, also modern medical techniques are extremely expensive, if you have checked the prices of private health care you will see.

Extra funding for the NHS would only encourage more waste and more red tape. Don’t throw good money after bad.

Seriously I think eventually the NHS will have to decide whether to go for quantity OR quality, hospitals giving more basic life saving emergency treatment to the majority rather than the expensive minority, including the old, I say that as an 80 year old.

GP’s should be made to see more patients, at our local surgery recently the doctor worked just four hours, 10:30 - 2:30, and would not see anyone after that.

Hospital accident and emergency is a joke, people turning up with cut fingers or a cough the GP or a walk-in centre should deal with, this blocks things up for people with serious injuries.

If you do have a serious injury when you do get admitted you do get good treatment but when you’re discharged you will probably not get all the meds you need.