Summary
OVER the Christmas period, a dear relative of mine was in an NHS hospital in England. He received exemplary medical treatment and the hospital staff were friendly and professional. However, on admittance, my relative had to spend many hours on a trolley in a side corridor because the beds were fully occupied.
This was not medical callousness, merely a reflection that NHS bean-counters base hospital planning on centralising services and rapid turnover - in order to reduce costs - so new patients are at the mercy of an unplanned jump in admissions. Perhaps we should be given an NHS form to tell us when it is OK to get sick.See the full content of this document
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Are Direct Elections the Right Prescription for Nhs?
Fortunately, the trolley was reasonably comfortable and the corridor warm if institutionally ugly. But I was far less impressed to discover my relative was left without food for 17 hours and only an intervention by his daughter got him fed.
Again, the pr...See the full content of this document
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