History catching up with NHS
The cuts of 300 staff at Sandwell Hospital are a reflection of the national tragedy affecting the NHS in Britain. Whether staff are cleaners, auxiliary, nursing or technical, all are necessary in a hospital.
The cuts of 300 staff at Sandwell Hospital are a reflection of the national tragedy affecting the NHS in Britain. Whether staff are cleaners, auxiliary, nursing or technical, all are necessary in a hospital.Cuts of this kind mean a reduced standard of care.
The government obsession with privatisation and management has cost the British public heavily.
The health service has been flooded with cash and yet it has a deficit of £620million.
New Labour has stated that it is to boost the service with a further £107 billion next year.
Where has all the cash been going which ends up in further deficits and cuts in front line staff?
The establishment of Primary Care Trusts has added to the problem.
We now have more managers than consultants - top-heavy management and cuts in front line staff is the barmy situation we find ourselves in.
Now trained nurses and even technical staff cannot find jobs.
To work within a fixed budget you can cut staff, then you find you cannot meet your target of 12-week waiting time for patients, laid down by the minister.
The next step is to issue contracts to private services because you have not the staff that you sacked a few months ago. And so the merry-go-round goes on.
This is the logic of a special type of politician that believes private is good and public is bad and is the road back to the 30s.
The fear of creeping privatisation undermines staff moral at the NHS.
This is a public service worth fighting for.
C R Johnson, Limes Avenue, Rowley Regis.
