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Spot on. It’s amazing how many otherwise sensible people seem to think the answer is either the current system but with more money thrown at it, or the US system. Like there couldn’t possibly be anything in between. Dare to suggest adapting the model slightly and people pretty much accuse you of...

I really don't have the time or energy for it at the moment. I've worked out the system- cause a massive nuisance of yourself and things get done. Otherwise they don't. The sad thing is that plenty of patients don't have friends or family to do this for them.

Completely agree. People who's skillset is compassion and caring for patients are not generally people who are highly efficient at running businesses. My (nurse) Mum will tell you that the NHS is ruined by 'non-medical people' who don't understand it- I'd say it's the opposite, it's people like...

Having witnessed the utter incompetence of the NHS (again) for the last 8 days, it is crystal clear to me that the problems are far, far bigger than funding. The Stroke ward at the new Sussex County is like a 5 star hotel. Certainly no short of funding there. The care, however, is appalling, and...

This works both ways though, a lot of the admin in the NHS is absolutely shocking. They waste so much money through errors and complete incompetence. It is clearly under-funded, but I don’t see how throwing another few billion quid at it would necessarily solve that much, it would just give them...

My Dad, long-term NSC poster @Cadiz Seagull is currently on the Stroke ward at the Sussex County with a suspected stroke. The new building and the care he has received in it has been absolutely fantastic, I can’t fault it. But A&E, my God. I cannot describe how awful it was. I counted 24 people...