70 years of the NHS - Should we now scrap it? 

I’ve worked in the NHS for 20 years, as a Nurse, in that time, I’ve noticed some wastage that is costing the public money, I’m sick of telling people to switch off computers and lights when they finished in the office, I’ve seen office staff leave the lights on all weekend, also in the corridors and toilets we have lights on 24/7, 365 days, why can’t we have auto lights, it might seem little to others, but it must be costing a lot. We used to have lots of wastage in drugs aswell, now my local trust is bringing in Omicell, this is similar to a vending machine but for drugs, you have to have the patient details and your finger print to access it, on my A&E in the first year it was estimated that we saved £100,000, another cost is giving patients Paracetamol and ibuprofen as a discharge script, that script costs £16, were you can get a box of paracetamol for 16p and ibuprofen for 32p,

I’m afraid I disagree with you. I do think the NHS is great it allows people free access to healthcare who otherwise don’t have it. I do agree with you in the aspect that throwing money isn’t going to help. The NHS is completely ineffective as they know they will be paid. I believe it should be completely rebuilt from the ground up. It should be run by businessmen like a business. The waste in the NHS is horrific. I had a similar experience My mum had to take cancer drugs for over 12 months. They kept sending the wrong drugs which were worth tens of thousands of pounds in total. Unfortunately they couldn’t be returned to the pharmacy to give to someone else as they had been delivered so had to be destroyed. Even though we never actually opened or taken receipt of them because they could have been tampered with. The beaurocrats shouldn’t be given bonuses unless the NHS meets its budgets both annually and its projects. much like a normal business. They should take payment from overseas people before treatment to cover costs rather than trying to bill afterwards and not getting paid. I also think that non essential medical procedures should be charged to the patient . By that I mean plastic surgery like Brest implants, tummy tucks etc. Being unhappy with your body is not a medical issue. Despite all of this I do think at its core it is a fantastic service. The frontline staff are overworked and underpaid. They really do care but don’t have enough time to do their jobs correctly.

LoL You Do like poking the Hornets Nest! I've had personal dealings with NHS management as well as staff but I can't really say much about that on here, apart from the supply companies really love squeezing the goose that lays the golden eggs, also the consultants only need to cover their NHS quota then they are laughing all the way to the bank!

Yes scrap the dam thing

Nhs is a swamp

Yes Scrap the NHS