Labour's day of shame over the NHS

[Doc Alan]

With respect, it’s POLITICIANS’ day of shame over the NHS . Neither the English caretaker health secretary nor the shadow health secretary could find time to admit mistakes. It’s surely not impossible to make constructive criticism of the NHS and suggestions for improvements, without cynical, partisan political point scoring.


The BRITISH NHS does have problems – too much is expected with insufficient clinical staff - and needs better integration with social care. Indeed the politicians should listen to, and act on, advice given by those hard working nurses and doctors who have time to give it.



Filipinos look on with envy, while a majority of the British public still value OUR service which is essentially free at the point of delivery .

[Arthur Little]

With respect, it’s POLITICIANS’ day of shame over the NHS . It’s surely not impossible to make constructive criticism of the NHS and suggestions for improvements, without cynical, partisan political point scoring.

... and an excellent post, Alan. Anyone who thinks otherwise should take the time to properly.

The BRITISH NHS does have problems – too much is expected with insufficient clinical staff - and needs better integration with social care. Indeed the politicians should listen to, and act on, advice given by those hard working nurses and doctors who have time to give it.

... it seems to me, the incessant bickering between so many of today's politicians - across the board - has caused them to lose sight of the fundamental principles on which our NHS was founded ... leading, inevitably, to the organisation itself becoming, in a sense, a victim of its own success - due to far too much control being handed over to non-medically-qualified "penpushers" at a time when more clinical staff are desperately needed, if it is expected to cope satisfactorily with the ongoing healthcare of an increasingly~ageing population.