http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/07/16/nhs-deaths_n_3602472.html?utm_hp_ref=uk
This debate on this report has turned into the usual ya boo exchanges between Andy Burnham and the Labour party who are blamed by Priti Patel and the Conservative party and the Labour party who blame Lansley and now Jeremy Hunt for all the problems in the NHS dating back over decades and are now detailed in part at least, in today's report from medical director Professor Sir Bruce Keogh. The politicians rush around grabbing any news correspondent or media camera they can find to trot out their version of this disgraceful set of circumstances and state of the NHS, and to score as many cheap political points as they can cram into their allocated time in the media spotlight. We all know that at the end of this exchange of empty rhetoric, nothing will change other than perhaps yet another "reorganisation".
In the meantime of course, the front line staff, nurses, doctors, and ancillaries have to get on with the chaos that is now all too common in many of our hospitals and the patients (and their families), who should be at the centre of the debate are left to make do as best they can.There is a growing view not only in public perception but also in areas of the medical profession, that there are specific reasons for the failures of the system.
Hospitals are too big.(Big is not always better)
Hospitals have too many layers of management and too many "Chief Executives".
Hospitals are too concerned with meeting "targets"
There is too much emphasis on reporting on performance rather than on doing the job.
There are too few nurses.
Politicians should spend more time and energy on resolving these issues rather than trying to demonstrate that it is not their fault and someone else is to blame.
NHS Hospitals Report Will Show 13,000 Needless Deaths Due To Poor Care
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| Prof Sir Brian Jarman |
An independent expert on
mortality rates has suggested that ministers have suppressed details of
NHS failings to avoid losing votes.
Prof Sir Brian Jarman said a "basic problem" with the NHS was
that the government both provided health services and monitored them. This debate on this report has turned into the usual ya boo exchanges between Andy Burnham and the Labour party who are blamed by Priti Patel and the Conservative party and the Labour party who blame Lansley and now Jeremy Hunt for all the problems in the NHS dating back over decades and are now detailed in part at least, in today's report from medical director Professor Sir Bruce Keogh. The politicians rush around grabbing any news correspondent or media camera they can find to trot out their version of this disgraceful set of circumstances and state of the NHS, and to score as many cheap political points as they can cram into their allocated time in the media spotlight. We all know that at the end of this exchange of empty rhetoric, nothing will change other than perhaps yet another "reorganisation".
In the meantime of course, the front line staff, nurses, doctors, and ancillaries have to get on with the chaos that is now all too common in many of our hospitals and the patients (and their families), who should be at the centre of the debate are left to make do as best they can.There is a growing view not only in public perception but also in areas of the medical profession, that there are specific reasons for the failures of the system.
Hospitals are too big.(Big is not always better)
Hospitals have too many layers of management and too many "Chief Executives".
Hospitals are too concerned with meeting "targets"
There is too much emphasis on reporting on performance rather than on doing the job.
There are too few nurses.
Politicians should spend more time and energy on resolving these issues rather than trying to demonstrate that it is not their fault and someone else is to blame.
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