Hunt says NHS problems 'unacceptable'

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Hunt should just resign.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38926697

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has conceded the NHS in England is facing "completely unacceptable" problems.

He said there was "no excuse" for some of the difficulties highlighted during the BBC's NHS week and the government had a plan to help hospitals cope.

A series of reports has revealed lengthening waits in A&E and patients being left for hours on trolleys.

Sir Robert Francis QC, who investigated failings in Mid Staffordshire, said the NHS was facing an "existential crisis".

However, in an exclusive interview with the BBC, Mr Hunt said the key was to treat more people "at home and in the community" to ease the burden on hard-pressed hospitals.

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Fuck it, every overpaid manager in the NHS should just resign.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38948255

Surgeons at hospitals in England are being left "kicking their heels" because operations are being cancelled due to bed shortages, NHS leaders say.

Royal College of Surgeons president Clare Marx said the "shocking waste" was a symptom of NHS underfunding.

In a joint letter to the Sunday Times with NHS Providers chief executive Chris Hopson, she said patients and staff deserved better.

NHS England said only 1% of operations were cancelled at the last minute.

The letter said: "Because of bed shortages, staff including surgeons are now sometimes left kicking their heels, waiting for beds to become available so they can operate.

"Too often managers, nurses and doctors waste time trying to find somewhere to look after patients [after surgery].

"At a time when the NHS is being told to make the most of its resources, this is a shocking waste."

To minimise the risk of infections and delays in getting treatment, hospitals are meant to have no more than 85% of beds occupied.

[brewer]

Most people here rave about the NHS. What would you like to see different?

[Iroscato]

"Unacceptable"

Then stop gradually starving it of oxygen in order to replace with a privatised version, you CUNT.

[Opoponax]

Still better than 'Murica health care. It's a land where people have to choose between sickness and bankruptcy so often that anyone who isn't for universal healthcare is either wealthy enough to pay for anything they and their family might need (which would constitute about 2% of the population) or they simply haven't yet had to suffer through such a decision.

Then there are people who simply choose to die because treatment would leave their family in dire financial straits.

Is any healthcare system perfect? Certainly not. But there are degrees of quality.

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Most people here rave about the NHS. What would you like to see different?

Honestly, I don't know but simple steps such as billing binge drinkers who end up in A&E, and clamping down on health tourism could save a bit of money.

Reducing the wages of the overpaid higher-ups might be also be a step in the right direction.

Britain currently spends around £12 billion on foreign aid a year, to countries such as Pakistan and India, which could easily be stopped entirely or cut and diverted to the NHS instead.

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[Regina]

Most people here rave about the NHS. What would you like to see different?

Honestly, I don't know but simple steps such as billing binge drinkers who end up in A&E, and clamping down on health tourism could save a bit of money.

Reducing the wages of the overpaid higher-ups might be also be a step in the right direction.

Britain currently spends around £12 billion on foreign aid a year, to countries such as Pakistan and India, which could easily be stopped entirely or cut and diverted to the NHS instead.

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I'd also add, start making smokers and very obese people pay for their own healthcare, tbh.

[Aegon]

Honestly, I don't know but simple steps such as billing binge drinkers who end up in A&E, and clamping down on health tourism could save a bit of money.

Reducing the wages of the overpaid higher-ups might be also be a step in the right direction.

Britain currently spends around £12 billion on foreign aid a year, to countries such as Pakistan and India, which could easily be stopped entirely or cut and diverted to the NHS instead.

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I'd also add, start making smokers and very obese people pay for their own healthcare, tbh.

Punishing addicts? They deserve to have to pay >$10k for their lung cancer treatment out of pocket because fuck those stupid losers!

[Regina]

Ok, well pay part of it then. If the NHS is struggling to stay afloat, we need to give incentives to people to start taking better care of their bodies to relieve pressure.

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I'd also add, start making smokers and very obese people pay for their own healthcare, tbh.

I wouldn't necessarily be against that, but it depends on how the person became obese. If they are just greedy then yes but what about those with a genuine medical condition?