Are you wondering why the Government feels the need to ‘tinker’ with the NHS on your behalf?
You’re not on your own!
Most of the British population is wondering exactly the same thing!
Mr Lansley, he’s the Health Secretary, just in case you don’t know his name yet, rises in fame, not to be mistaken with a rise in ‘popularity’, all thanks to this fab rap Video entitled “Andrew Lansley Rap” what else!
You might want to watch, listen to and enjoy this brilliant rap before I get all serious on this topic and start insulting David Cameron and Nick Clegg.
Are you STILL wondering why the Government feels the need to ‘tinker’ with the NHS on your behalf?
Truth is, they just can’t help themselves!
Don’t You Know That Tinkering with the NHS is Obsessively Compulsive?
Yes really, it is!
Every blooming Government that’s managed to scrape themselves into ‘power’, for as long as I can personally remember, has suffered from the obsessive–compulsive disorder that drives them to tinker with the NHS.
It’s sad, but they can’t forewarn you either, say in their pre-election manifesto for example, because the disorder only seems to strike once they get into the power sweet shop! It’s a bit of a ‘pick and mix’ affliction.
They justify their obsessive compulsion to tinker as being a prescriptive essential for YOU!
All in the name of making YOUR life or near death experiences more cost effective and efficient!
Whilst at the same time assuring you that tinkering will be saving you / we, the tax payer, a not so small fortune.
Tinkering Their Way To Total Reform
Not to leave the Labour party out of the loop, they’ve had a jolly good ‘tinker’ here and there over the years. Shame on you! Ed you’ll have to do better ‘if’ there’s a next time!
I’m ignoring Nick Clegg, for now. He simply hasn’t mumbled anything of real substance with any authority, that I’ve heard so far, to set him apart from the proposed Coalition Government position.
Yet, the word ‘tinkering’ doesn’t sufficiently describe what past, and as it appears, present Conservative Governments do in reality when their compulsive disorder takes hold.
I should describe their [The Conservatives] and David Cameron’s tinkering as something more akin to total reform of the NHS.
There’s An ‘Act’ For That!
If you’re not familiar with the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, by all means go fuddle your brain with some of the finer detail!
Although it’s all too much for relaxing bedtime reading, glancing over the headings alone will give you a pretty good idea that everything to do with the NHS, Social Care, Community Care, Mental Health Care, you name it, was affected by this Act.
Rather quickly,
…the contents of the proverbial bed-pan hit the fan and we are [they are/who is?] still trying to clean it up!
This Act and many associated reform and policy documents were my business reading throughout the mid 80′s & 90′s, and whilst some areas within the NHS have certainly improved, there was much to be complied with, in all care and social sectors.
Much of this ‘tinkering’ was to the detriment of the NHS and social care as a whole. In reality, little was fixed and much was created that still needs fixing!
Even Gerry Robinson Tried To Fix The NHS
‘We have this really precious thing which is free delivery of healthcare when you are ill. We shouldn’t pretend it is a business, because it’s not, but, my God, we should be running it well.
‘The health service works brilliantly in so many ways, but it is failing in the sense that it is not getting the most out of huge amounts that are now being put into it. Given that there is enormous willingness among the staff, we should be able to get it right.’ [quote source]
When this particular TV series was released, Gerry Robinson was instantly added to the top of my favourite ‘business man with common sense‘ list.
Gerry summed up the whole NHS issue in the first 35 seconds of this clip, which was aired in 2006. His summations are still very relevant today.
The remainder of this interview is also worth a listen.
Rest Assured David and Nick Are Listening Too – Allegedly
Well, they must both have missed Gerry’s TV Series, but according to the Daily Mail David Cameron and Nick Clegg are preparing to launch a ‘listening exercise’ later this week in a bid to reassure critics of the shake-up.
Of course they appear to be blaming poor old Andrew Lansley for failing to explain why the changes are necessary. The topic of scapegoats aside, if you want the Governmental Duo to listen to YOUR views …
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Recessionary Reform Costs More Than Money
No matter how the Coalition Government paints the pretty picture for us, there’s no escaping the fact that we are still very much in recession and that reform costs money, costs jobs and very possibly costs lives!
Ha! And there you were thinking your life was in the caring hands of NHS Doctors and Nurses!
Well, maybe for now we’ll survive. What the future brings us, who knows? We’ll have to see what transpires as the ‘listening exercise’ and hopefully the debate unfolds.
What, with all the medical breakthroughs going on, just maybe the cure for Governmental obsessive-compulsive disorder is just around the corner?
Oh and a final note for David and Nick : just in case you’ve not been listening – check out how you could save £400 million, which at the same time will stimulate growth at home in our local communities. Just the sort of progress we need in the current financial climate. Local Economy Boost Led by Nottingham Hospitals NHS Trust It’s a start!
personal thought: what the hell is a ‘listening exercise’?
I’m going to bed with visions of Nick and Dave standing in front of a mirror wiggling their ears at each other. You know, where you use your muscles to move your ears up and down independently without your face moving!
I have absolutely no evidence that these exercises improve listening powers or stimulate common sense!
That’s it, nightmares are a dead cert tonight!
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