The Weekly Gripe

The Department of Health denouncing their responsibilities

The NHS is not perfect

Primary Care Trust

If the Department of Health actually gave each Primary Care Trust in the country the amount of money that each Trust needed for their demographic, there would be enough money to go round



We all know the NHS isn’t perfect, but these days what is? I'm sick of people who don't actually work in the NHS trying to tell us what we should be doing or how we should be doing it.

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10-6-2008Leeds NHS trust are now employing the services of private ambulances, these are manned by unqualified staff, my only guess is that it is to save money but it will cost patients lives.Nursey
20-5-2008do as I have just done.the public are being invited to join the local trusts as members where we can have our say and hopefully get listened too.john m
03-11-2007The NHS is overburdened by people abusing the system. Calling out ambulances for minor injuries / illnesses. The ambulance service is a huge cost to the taxpayer and must be used responsibly. Some people actually call it out as a convenience so that they attempt to jump the queue at hospital, by ...moreMarco
11-11-2006Having looked through the gripes on this site,there are more people commenting on reasons why they should smoke or why women should get a round in or how useless this person or that shop is than comments about the NHS.Perhaps those people who have had good treatment in hospital such as myself could ...moreBob
31-10-2006The NHS costs every taxpayer £2,000 per year. My private medical insurance costs a third of that for infinitely superior cover and a significantly reduced chance of MRSA - oh, and a private room and 3 good meals a day. The NHS relies on volunteers in hospitals. The Air Ambulances are c...moreSoddball
30-9-2006Incidentally Monkeys Nose,how will you feel when they look through your wallet/purse to check your medical insurance to see which hospital to take you to,Private or paupers hospital? Try examining the systems in place in other countries where they have no National Health to see how well off you are...moreBob
30-9-2006As someone who is benefitting from a bit of N.H.S. care at the moment,I cannot speak highly enough about the staff and hospitals in our area.They have been caring well mannered and helpfull over and above their job description.Also the surgeon whose patient I am has pulled all the stops out to get m...moreBob
29-9-2006Obviously this is a delightful little earner for the Government but has anyone else worked out the logic of slapping punitive fines on NHS trusts that are millions of pounds in debt already. Why make them go even further into the red?Temporally Loopy
01-9-2006Funny, that, when you go into a hospital, what you actually see are lots of nurses standing around chatting and doing the minimum actual nursing, whilst the patients are often given only the most basic nursing care. Perhaps these nurses need.....Managers?Celia Molestrangler
11-7-2006In the news - Inadequate leadership and ineffective management are the causes of the worst deficits in the NHS, a watchdog says. Is this what we are talking about? The NHS finished last year over £500m in deficit with nearly one-in-three NHS organisations failing to balance its books. ...moreNHS my foot
07-7-2006Get rid of all the hangers on, and managers ,who manage to C*ck it ALL up. They get paid silly amounts of money for sitting on their A*ses,and know sod all about what going on in the REAL world. Their just in it to Line THEIR pockets, with YOUR MONEYWilly
06-7-2006the nhs is outa date. phase in private medical insurance over 25 years and save the economy a lot of bovver.Monkey's Nose



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