This constant money being ‘thrown’ At the nhs would be a joke if it wasn’t so serious. The nhs is being and has been fir many years, sold off bit by bit to private companies whose sole raison d’etre is to make profit fir its already well paid directors and shareholders. They do not reinvest profits fir the better good, for facilities or more staff so they are better supported and less overworked making it less likely they leave because of burnout. No that is not how they work. Profit is their motive. When staff leave they are not replaced, the poor exhausted buggers who remain have to pick up the slack, doing their own job and someone else’s too, fir no more money, no thanks, no nothing.
Promises by our unworthy PM for 40 new hospitals 50,000 new doctors 45,000 new nurses, another 50 billion here there and everywhere. It all means nothing. He is full of hot air. Not much else.
The government are running it down so that they can say despite the squillions we pay it’s not working. Well it won’t because the money is leaking out as profits instead of being reinvested. They will say it’s a dead dog and we need another system, and god or whoever help us if they choose an American style one.
A very simple example is the aids which people often comment on that the hospital won’t take them back, what a terrible waste we all say. The reason is that part of the nhs was sold off to private companies looking for profit. Why would they bother to wipe down crutches or walkers, wheelchairs or expensive seating etc if they can just chuck that and order new. Profit profit profit is the reason and there is no profit in cleaning perfectly cleanable aids if they can just get new in.
