Comments on: The health hurricane: a year of destruction in the NHS

By: jean fraser

jean fraser — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:15:20 +0000

Of course those things were horrific and shouldn’t have happened. But they are evidence of what the article does point out: that privatisation and target setting have been happening for quite some time before the Health and Social Care Act was passed last year. And this has contributed to a change of culture in the NHS, and to a great deal of demoralisation of its staff.

Why do some people assume that those of us who campaign for survival of the NHS automatically think it is perfect? Of course it isn’t, there have always been problem areas but these can be addressed without the necessity of the ridiculous top-down and massively costly reorganisation of the NHS which is currently happening.

By: Vendeeu

Vendeeu — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:53:32 +0000

You say nothing at all about the destruction of patients at Stafford Hospital underttaken by members of the nursing profession aided and abetted by union members

By: treborc

treborc — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:43:29 +0000

I’m not sure anymore the NHS needs to sort it self out, not only with nursing which is now totally changed, but management which is like always not to blame.

I use to say the private groups who wanted to enter the NHS had to be kept out, sadly the Public sector and the Unions have to stand up and say the NHS is failing badly.

I’ve a disability whether it serious enough to stay on benefits I will wait, I’ve had the WCA not looking to cleaver .

But the one thing I did notice was the change from the caring hospital to the business hospital, nurses who cared, to nurses who had to keep an eye on the targets. Nurses who were more interested in the speed they got people out of the hospital through the door or it now seems legs first.

I cannot say anymore if I still think the NHS should stay as it is, because it’s failing the people it supposed to protect