Maggie's Farm

On the NHS. It has horrible problems, but the link you cited is pathetic! A bit like quoting a diagnosed schizophrenic's hateful former junior year English teacher as saying "He seemed kinda creepy to me..." Insults, with no understanding of the real pathology. The dedicated staff of the NHS are its shining lights. They deserve decent salaries for providing compassionate care above and beyond the call of duty. House calls, hours of telephone care, etc.

Most of the horror stories coming out of the NHS today have to do with the care denied for cost-cutting purposes. Like the managed care atrocities in our country.

For example, I have a relative sent home to die tho still ambulatory, who is not allowed back in a NHS hospital because he is dying. So he wil continue to fall, and fall and fall at home until one of the falls kills him because the family cannot afford 24/7 care and even the most dedicated relative cannot stay awake 24/7. Hospice care only works if the patient is dutifully in bed all the time.

Those of you who are rich and/or healthy can sneer at the NHS. ANd righteously assert that people will be more motivated to stay healthy if they have to pay for their own care. But the dying, the disabled, the fools, the widows and orphans will be the losers.

Link us to articles about management not decent pay for devoted workers.