2024-07-21
"Our" NHS has become such a byword for IPE (inefficiency, perversity, and evil) that I hesitate to publish anything any more about this great national organ of waste and dashed hopes, but it does seem necessary to remind people occasionally that any trust beyond the fixing of minor emergencies may be misplaced, and even most minor emergencies may be better fixed at home with a little forethought.
That's not to say that there are no good people left in the service, but like all bureaucracies it is run by rules regulations and protocols dictated by "managers" who have no clinical expertise, or by remote expert groups who may display affinities for funding from pharmaceutical producers that may not be aligned with clinical best outcomes.
It has now become so big, so removed from the patient, and so devoted to inappropriate funding that the advent of a new government can only mean turning on the cash flow taps (it's what they know how to do) whilst ignoring the problem of getting value for money (which no government has ever known how to do).
My advice - don't get sick.
There are unauthorised (shock horror) sources of information on the internet that will help you stay healthy, but we seek them out and follow them at our own risk.
BTW: we also use the NHS at our own risk, with little chance of satisfaction should things go wrong. My own personal experience is that my health problems (severe at the time) did not improve until I took matters into my own hands and began to rely on my own initiative. It took a while but I never looked back.
So are we children to be led by the hand by Nanny State, or are we adults capable of our own thinking and making our own decisions?
We all need a little help from time to time, but where we find it is, ultimately, our call.
Choose wisely.
