How lucky we are to have our NHS

Can anyone point to the part of my post that said that the NHS was the envy of the world? I spoke of it's problems and shortcomings also.
I said that I am grateful to it .
And Poppyred, I am grateful, too, for some of those " droves" - the ones who have me OT last year ( from Guyana), who vaccinated me in December ( from Hungary) etc etc

I am also extremely grateful for the NHS. As Mr Cheese and I are getting older we are valueing it more than ever. I don't begrudge a penny spent on it. I wish we had more British trained staff, but we don't, partly because we made the ridiculous decision to charge for training.

The NHS is not perfect, we all know that. But it is very often extremely good when we really need it.
I do believe it needs a thorough overhaul and could be run a lot better, but we are still lucky to have it. I do hope it is never privatised.

My youngest daughter has been in the Acute Cardio Unit in our local hospital for several days and is being looked after very well at what is a rather scary time for all of us, she is and out of hospital a lot and 99% the care is excellent , just one occasion when she had a really unpleasant Gynaecologist who has since left. As a family we are very grateful for the NHS.

If it's the "envy of the world" why are we putting an EXTRA £27billion into it. Can that money be transferred to defence as that obviously isn't the envy of the world.

I truly believe we do often fail to appreciate how lucky we are with our NHS.

It’s damaged and needs reform, we need far more doctors and nurses and more hospitals, but our NHS has saved mine and my husbands lives, successfully delivered our 5 chikdren.

It used to be….but then offered it free to anyone who happened to come to the U.K. and of course they came in their droves, and who can blame them. Now, people who have paid in the system all their lives are having to wait years or paying privately to have anything done.

I could not fault the care I received 2 years ago, when suddenly taken very ill with pneumonia, followed immediately by pleurisy. 111, ambulance, all the hospital staff from consultants down to the cleaners, were brilliant.

Aftercare ditto - various tests, and I was on ABs for 5 weeks altogether.

It was the most wonderful idea, but, many years ago nobody asked are we getting value for money here
I know that sounds clinical. But that failure has led to where we are now. My dear friend paying £18,000 for a shoulder replacement. Another friend’s husband paying £15,000 for a knee replacement.

Monica.. I know you are a statistics whizz but I am eternally grateful for the wonderful care I have received from the NHS..

I have a superb Medical practice with lovely, knowledgeable staff.. and when I was hospitalised during covid I couldn't have had kinder care despite how frantically busy they were...

People still get sick and need help- what's different about that?

It was a wonderful idea in 1948.

2025 is a totally different world

So grateful we have the NHS. I have been wearing NHS hearing aids for over 20 years, my Mum even longer.

Currently have 2 family members undergoing Chemotherapy, and they both say how well they are treated by Staff, nothing too much trouble.

Well personally I give my heart felt thanks for saving my then teenage sons life after unexpected heart surgery. I agree it has been mis managed, but I’m glad it is there. When my shoulder is eventually replaced I know I will be in expert hands.

A wonderful idea back in 1948.
Sadly, mismanaged by Governments for many years now and one of our major services overwhelmed with the sheer numbers of those using it.
It is crying out for a root and branch overhaul to streamline it and save billions.
Whenever I have needed it, the NHS has been there for me and mine.

Whatever the problems in the less dveloped countries - and Myanmar has specific problems, the resukts of a failing government and dictatorship.

This still does not make the NHS the envy of the world . In fact there are many far better health systems, the UK is not even in the top 3 or even the top 30.

Statista ranks the UK and the NHS at 34. www.statista.com/statistics/1376359/health-and-health-system-ranking-of-countries-worldwide/

The 4 best health systems are in Asia. most European countries have a better system than ours, even small countries like Malta and Cyprus, then there is Cuba, Costa Rica and Thailand.

Yes, we have better world care than in the failed state of Myanmar, but not one that is the eny of the world.

”Thank you Nye Bevan- a legacy like no other”

Hear, hear!

Sallywally hear hear. Our NHS is flawed and stretched but is truly a treasure. In the last three months two friends, one young, one old were sent for tests, diagnosed with cancer and started treatment immediately.
My daughter is an insulin dependent diabetic. Her medication is free, her cataracts were dealt with promptly and she had a successful pregnancy.
And to lower the tone, I've just received my bowel cancer checking kit...lucky me..
Thank you Nye Bevan- a legacy like no other.