before launching into any of my amusing and occasionally downright scary anecdotes
i fell compelled to point out. people are all too happy to bag on the NHS. in reality, as with any organisation, there are cretins, regular joes, and aabsolute solid fuckin gold superstars. the issue isn't with them, it's with the management and funding, the upper echelons who never so much as SEE a grubby squalling child with a cut head, or a car crash victim, or that weird rash on your scrotum. THESE are the fucking assholes. if you have a SHRED of decency, you'll castigate them, but remember that when speaking to, or indeed about the poeple you see in the treatment room, there's EVERY chance that they are simply fettered by their options and their guidelines and rules, and that if they COULD wave a wand and cure you, they would. just noteworthy because i happen to be goin out with someone who works FAR harder and under FAR more pressure than anyone i've ever met, for a lot less money, out of a desire to help people, who's been reduced to tears before by people slagging off the NHS, ande it's not fair.
(UppityDamnPrimate LET'S OPEN THIS F*CKING PIT UP, Thu 11 Mar 2010, 13:51, 2 replies)

It really isn't that simple
Many of the managers are also fettered by options, guidelines and rules. They'd like to reallocate resources but aren't permitted to, and have to hit targets. It's not true that the managers aren't under pressure, or that they don't want to help people, either.

If you want to assign blame, target mis-spending on short term solutions when a longer term vision would be more sensible. Blame political interference, and inappropriate targets.
(syllopsium, Thu 11 Mar 2010, 15:21, closed)

Blame
running a health service like a Soviet five year plan.
(Batemonkey, Fri 12 Mar 2010, 12:06, closed)