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While politicians bicker, parts of the NHS crumble into chaos and patients die.





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Jeremy Hunt: 'Thousands More Died Than Expected' In NHS Hospitals














 
The house of Commons yesterday was reminiscent of a school playground. the "Yes you did !" "No I didn't !" "Its your fault !" bickering went from side to side of the commons chamber and even at one stage from one end of the government benches to the other end as Jeremy Hunt had a heated exchange with one of his "colleagues"on the Liberal Democrat benches.
Our politicians exchange abuse in their quest for cheap political points. while parts of the NHS crumble into chaos and patients die un necessarily.
History tells us that after the hot air and hand wringing has receded, yet another "reorganisation" will be imposed, the severity of which will be dependent upon which side of the house happens to be in power at the time.One side will continue with their obsession to privatise the NHS as far as possible, with the other side will install yet more layers of management to monitor performance, produce reports, assist with meeting "targets" which paradoxically makes the whole NHS even more bureaucratic and inefficient.
The fundamental problem is that every change of government spends an inordinate amount of time dismantling most of the previous governments reorganisations and introducing its own. There seems to be little attention paid to the fact that all the time that this is taking place, parts of the NHS crumble into chaos and patients die un necessarily.    
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