The NHS in the news

On GMTV (sorry, Daybreak) this morning the NHS was the story du jour - both the unnecessary deaths of tens of thousands of people due to the shortcomings of NHS management (a follow on and one assumes a media escalation of the story involving the problems within the Staffordshire NHS Trust) and then the fall in the UK health statistics from 10th in the world to 14th.

Having worked in the NHS myself in the 1980's and been involved in the health industry since 1994 I cannot say I'm really surprised - as a purveyor of private medical insurance for my clients the stories hammer home the need for the fall back position of PMI but also as a regular user of the NHS myself (I have two pre-teen children for whom the NHS is essential) I see waste both financial and human at every turn.

Perhaps rather than bemoaning the managers within the NHS we need more, better trained ones with authority to actually make rational and money saving changes to make things more efficient ? Discuss ....

Here are links to relevant stories today on the BBC website :

BBC News - Auditor in warning to Northern Ireland health trusts http://bbc.in/WFJOzY

BBC News - UK 'lagging in Europe health league' http://bbc.in/VyFFln

BBC News - Stafford Hospital senior nurses 'changed records' http://bbc.in/163xzEi

and so on .....

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