"We're shut", says hospital as dying stroke victim, 89, turns up at 4.57pm

[gWaPito]

We're shut, says hospital as dying stroke victim, 89, turns up at 4.57pm on a Friday: Hour's delay taking John to another hospital in the rush hour meant clot-busting drugs were administered too late, says family

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz2nxEvTIHQ

Disgraceful

Still no doubt attitudes will change once some of these slackers start getting their P45's

Senior NHS doctors who refuse to work weekends face the sack: Hospitals with poor records could also face fines of up to £12m

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz2nxFFF64Y

The National Health Service "became too powerful to criticise" with even the most senior staff afraid of speaking out despite millions of patients receiving a "wholly unsatisfactory" service from GPs and hospitals, the official regulator has said.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/nhs-39-too-...8.html#0ggKVXI

[joebloggs]

"There is an obsession. It's crazy to have a Secretary of State doing that. Of course he's doing it, because he's held accountable "

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/nhs-39-too-...8.html#0ggKVXI

since when has any politician been held accountable for their results or lack of ? the only time they are sacked is when they do something dodgy

it looks to me politicians are making everyone else accountable for their actions and results but not themselves