Every sensible person who is unfortunate to attend A & E during these festive times will readily admit how extremely busy, overcrowded hospitals are with poor infrastructure. Most OAPs and chronically sick people have inhibition; dread to visit A & E. No wonder Red Cross describes NHS in crises.
Yet, PM in her HOC question time, with lukewarm support for NHS, dismissed these concerns as baseless, although grudgingly admitting high demand on NHS but refusing to infuse funding, preferring to spend billions in Overseas Aid most people oppose, government quick to blame part-time GPs who are somewhat responsible for these crises, demanding GP surgeries open from 8am to 8pm seven days a week! How long MPs work, four days a week? Unfortunately our weak, disunited opposition is giving free ride to government, making Britain akin to one party State, government getting easy ride.
The unpalatable truth is that NHS hospital bed-ratio and per capita spending is one of the lowest in Europe, even lower than much maligned countries like Romania and Albania.
The truth is we need complete overhaul of our post-war NHS unfit for 21st Century but no political party has courage, wisdom or tenacity to reform NHS, adopt French, German model that gives patients first class service on demand, even though most are willing to pay extra tax if earmarked for NHS.
Bhupendra M. Gandhi
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