Soleron on 06 June 2009
| kowenicki said: @scifiboy better funding perhaps... but it has been wasted. speak to anyone in the NHS, yes they have spent more but where is the improvement? same for education. again a wasted opportunity. |
LOTS of this.
I agree funding has increased; I don't think it's improved the quality of the service at all. Look at GPs - with the new pay deal under Labour they get paid much more, but work many fewer hours (they don't have to work out-of-hours or weekends).
It may be an anecdote, but my surgery is open Mon-Fri afternoons only except closed all Wednesday, and no weekends or out-of-hours. Nearest out-of-hours care (and that includes Wednesdays) is about half an hour away and is always ovecrowded and understaffed. So many just flood A&E depts. for minor problems.
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The only thing that Labour did right was Northern Ireland. And even that was more to luck and a change in NI's culture than deliberate policy.
