Chippy_boy
Well-Known Member
The problem is that we don't do radical surgery in this country. We tinker, fiddle around the edges, do things that get headlines, soundbites or pander to political considerations rather than meeting the needs os the users of the service . We suffer systemic failures and scandals and try to cover them up then say "Lessons have been learned" when they are inevitably uncovered. But the lessons are rarely learned.
I read a story in the paper the other day about a young couple who lost a baby at birth. It was almost identical to the experience we had over 25 years ago and completely avoidable yet it's still happening. Why?
Wow, you have my sympathy mate, you really do.
I could give you a story about the disgraceful treatment my granddad has had over the past 2 years, but it would take too long. Suffice it to say the NHS have fucked it up left right and centre and what should have been simple and straightforward has cost the taxpayer literally *hundreds of thousands* of pounds, and it was all avoidable.
I think the problem is its such a political no-no to even contemplate criticising it, that no-one dares do it. Even Nigel Farage - not known for being shy, retiring and timid - who said about 18 months ago that he thought it was broken and couldn't continue as it was - has had to backtrack and say he didn't mean it, because it was such an enormous vote loser.
If your an alcoholic, the first step on the road to recovery is admitting to yourself that you have a problem. We haven't even got to the stage of admitting we have a problem. When we finally do, we can start to make the sorts of changes that are needed to sort it out.