Show That You Are Grateful. (NHS in general)

Member Name: Superlexia24

Product:	NHS in general
Date:	03/12/01 (64 review reads)
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Advantages: Efficient, Value for money, Best qualified staff

Disadvantages: high waiting lists, bad press, no public support

I love the National Health Service, but not many do, it gets used and abused. Treatment toward the NHS could be likened to that of a foot being wiped on a mat. That is how the public treat this truly marvelous service.

The NHS was established in 1948 as a cornerstone of the welfare state and incorporates the principle of health care as a citizens right, whatever their economic and social circumstances.

The deal was we pay national insurance tax, or stamp duty, to be able to recieve. Payin to take out was a well known phrase. In just over 50 years, the NHS has built and renovated thousands of hospitals nationwide. The facilities and equipment are up to date, to make the NHS the leading health Authority in the world.

However, why are there so many problems?

We expect too much. Since the NHS was formed, our population has grown rapidly and life expectancy has increased. However, we contribute such a small amount of our earnings toward the NHS, there is just no way it can provide the all in service, once dreamed in 1948. To be bale to provide a service, we must be prepared to pay a little more toward it.

Nursing pays very little, and doctors get paid a pittance if you take into account what the actually do. Our hospitals are full to the brink with agency staff, because there are not enough qualified staff. It has got so bad, that if there were no agency staff, over half of the hospitals in the UK would close due to low staffing.

There is no 'special' incentives for student nurses, and so student levels are at their lowest. The same can be said for other pulic services such as the fire service and the police. We all need to sit and think, yes, if i pay just 3p more from the pound, nursing, fireservices and police wages will go up, and so we will retain the staff, and in turn our service will improve.

In my local area one firstation has closed due to insufficient funding, police ca
nnot patrol, as there is insuficient staff, and community nursing services have been cut back. Do we want to see our truly wonderfull public services diminish, or do we want to support them?

Please, don't blame the health service, or the fire service, or the police force, support us all. Without the good moral, our public workers are leaving in droves, and soon we will all be paying an arm and a leg for private services, which in theory are a good idea, but believe me, behind the scenes, they paint a totaly different picture.

Our public services are not crap, they are truly a godsend, so please, take a longer look. Look further than the media smoke screen, because there really is a sliver lining if you look a little closer......

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