or have they lost her by starting her with an unmanageable workload which made her so stressed she had to seek medical help?

More money (compare The last Labour government's year-on-year investment to that of the Tories)

A drive to bring back many of the nurses and doctors that left after Brexit. (that's how 'oven ready' it was). Before Brexit, I would have prepared us for the consequences by, perhaps, arranging for a 'quota' of 'guest-workers to service the NHS rather than leave a gaping hole.

A drive to bring back the foreign workers that worked in social care/care homes before Brexit (that's how 'oven ready' it was). At least the care homes would have enough staff to take the elderly as they are fit to leave hospital, freeing beds for others, freeing ambulances to get on with emergency calls instead of being parked in A&E waiting bays. Before Brexit, to repeat, I would have prepared us for the consequences by, perhaps, arranging for a 'quota' of 'guest-workers to service the NHS rather than leave a gaping hole. this aspect was completely overlooked and unplanned for by the Eton Mess and his cronies.

A massive drive to encourage young people to join the medical and auxiliary staff. To do this, their wages and workload will have to be different to what they are now.

A massive shift away from management (efficiency, my arse) to clinicians.

Before anyone bleats about how we'll afford it, it's about time the multi-nationals all paid a proper rate of tax for making profits from British people, for a start. Stop the loopholes that allow them to exploit 'tax avoidance'. For a start.

Here's me, I'm only a civilian. It's up to the politicians to sort out ways and means.

During the last Con party conference, Sajid Javid gave a speech about no such thing as society, only the individual and the family (Thatcher quote, all you Maggie -lovers will rejoice in) after which he added (almost as a sneaky aside) that we are going to have to take responsibility for our own health: a shot across the bows, a clear indicator of what the neo-liberal mindset of the Conservatives really want: private healthcare for all and getting rid of the NHS. (Their American chums, are gnashing their teeth, salivating, on the sidelines, waiting to exploit the hefty windfall in contracts and $.)

Privatisation.

Come on you lot: come clean. How many of you on here agree with that sentiment?

Edited by Glazier#1 (07 Feb 2023 8.42pm)

Hmg employ people to run their services. Now that state workers are untouchable how do they make the changes and employ better leaders. You only have to wonder if the recent bullying claims about ministers is more about workers being crap and told so than actual bullying.