NHS reform

[cryrst]

I don’t know a lot about how it works but even our holer down in Cornwall states about the wastage in the NHS. This is a move to try and cut that out.
Be interesting to read from people with experience on it. Hopefully it’s not a labour gimmick as I know it needs reform so every doctors appointment isn’t gone by 8.05 am !!!!

 

[Badger11]

I doubt anyone will shed tears for the loss of NHS England it's what comes next that concerns me.

Will Starmer instigate genuine reform or is this simply re-branding?

Apparently 10,000 bureaucrats will lose their jobs, will they or will they be absorbed into the Civil Service.

I honestly don't know I hope that we get a leaner more efficient and nimble health service. However I doubt that there is anyone with the intellect or courage to fight the vested interests.

 

[steeleye20]

Before 2010 and the tories I didn't have to think of the NHS I was able to see a doctor or dentist promptly often same day.

The duplication, interminable delays and bureaucracy are Cameron and Lansley's legacy.

I am a critic of the labour government but not in this respect.

There is no truer saying in politics than 'you can't trust the tories on the NHS'.

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[Forest Hillbilly]

10,000 bureaucrats will lose their jobs

And benefits are being cut, so they'll have to do something. Perhaps fruit picking, as the Summer draws nearer

 

[Wisbech Eagle]

I doubt anyone will shed tears for the loss of NHS England it's what comes next that concerns me.

Will Starmer instigate genuine reform or is this simply re-branding?

Apparently 10,000 bureaucrats will lose their jobs, will they or will they be absorbed into the Civil Service.

I honestly don't know I hope that we get a leaner more efficient and nimble health service. However I doubt that there is anyone with the intellect or courage to fight the vested interests.

The real jobs will still need doing so some will surely be absorbed. It’s such a huge organisation that trying to manage it efficiently at the same time as it expands because of new treatments and demand increases because of social and other pressures must be next to impossible.

A blame culture is also partly responsible. The need for recording everything and then checking and rechecking diverts resources and frustrates those whose desire is to help. Of course people need to be held to account but the pendulum has swung so far that it is creating problems rather than solving them.

My wife is part of a team of over 50 nurses in a unit in our local hospital, who together with the doctors and support staff, provide a wonderful service of which they are justifiably very proud. However over 50% of her time is spent on administration and not on the face to face care she is so skilled at providing. Behind the scenes there are dozens of administrators too, making and changing bookings alongside all the equipment servicing, supplies, accounting etc.

 

[CPFCSaturn]

More gimmicky nonsense that will achieve absolutely nothing.