Proud? What?
The NHS makes people proud to be British but one in five has been forced to go private, suggests a survey of more than 4,000 adults in the UK.
A failed, third world system that has become a secular religion among the believers makes people proud to be British? What? Really? It’s shit. A great steaming pile of useless shit. I have spent my working life being forced to pay for this anachronism and now, when I need it, I’m paying to go private, because the “envy of the world” is too useless to provide me with the care I need in a timely manner (likewise my dental treatment). And don’t even get me started on the treatment my wife and mother received.
Burn it. Raze it to the ground and salt the earth where it stood.
So, I guess I’m one of those one in five, eh?
Proof if were ever needed in the current climate that UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE IS A FUCKING STUPID IDEA.
Alright I’ll get my coat (and switch the lights off on my way out of the West).
“Burn it. Raze it to the ground and salt the earth where it stood.”
I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks this. The NHS is an utter disgrace. Its almost entirely staffed by lazy, self interested and power mad freaks, as is only to be expected, as its about as perfect an example of Communism you could have the misfortune to have to interact with. There may be a few good hearted souls working within it, but they might as well be p*ssing into a hurricane for all the chance they have of doing any good. I’ve come across more nasty pieces of work in the NHS than any other organisation I’ve ever had to deal with. I’ve never known so many people who seem to get active satisfaction from treating people like sh*t.
https://youtu.be/pEis_b0yfMU
https://twitter.com/SimonMagus/status/1436968784791838722
The fix is easy – if you have been refusing to see patients where the state pays you, but have been doing face to face privately then you have been cheating the state and hand back a bunch of cash.
Of course the NHS is crap because none of the easy incentive/managerial points are ever implemented because they are angels and that would be mean.
I think that part of the problem in convincing the average Joe how bad it is is that it isn’t universally awful, people often get good treatment and they are happy because they think that it is free. Healthcare is pretty reasonable in my area but, in my experience, it is still fairly mediocre. People don’t recognise the mediocrisy because they’ve never experienced anything better.
I’ve experienced the French system, so yes, you may be right.
Yes, that’s what I’ve been saying for years. People will look to change something that’s obviously utterly useless, but they’ll happily put up with something that’s barely adequate for years.
This is universal; it doesn’t just apply to massive state-run monopolies. My toaster doesn’t toast both sides of the bread properly, so I have to wait till it pops up, turn the bread over, put it back in again, then judge how long to leave it before popping it up again manually. I could get a new one for less than a tenner, but meh… this one kind of works, and I only need it once a day. When it finally gives up the ghost and doesn’t work at all, then I’ll change it.
The NHS is like my toaster. It kind of does the job, more or less, if you know how to work the system and don’t expect too much. But – unfortunately – it isn’t completely broken yet.
When I lived in Germany the system was far superior to the NHS.
The French is the best system on the planet. The German system is excellent too.
My brothers treatment for skin cancer in the Spanish system was also excellent…..
The NHS, managerially-fucked-over by the tories insane “Internal Market” & then squeezed of funds.
Of course it’s in “difficulties” …
But note that the French ( VERY EXPENSIVE ) system & the German ones are good – but have you seen how much they spend on them, compared to ours, though?
NOTE: Saved my life, saved my wife’s life, deals with my recurring spinal problem, fried my varicose veins ….