There is no doubt that the NHS is very sick, possibly
terminally ill. The cause of this illness is that it has
a huge cancerous growth inside, sapping it of all its
strength. This malignant mass is the management
system.Just as a patient with cancer does not know for a
long time that a disease is present, the vast majority
of the British public is unaware of the true cause and
extent of the sickness within the NHS.A cancer grows at
the expense of the healthy tissues around it without
serving any useful function. To the detriment of
doctors, nurses and surgeons, the administration has
grown bigger and bigger, and it has not served any
useful purpose, as the shocking stories in this
important book show.Cancer grows until it sometimes
becomes bigger than the organ from which it has arisen.
Twenty years ago there were just a handful of
administrators, but now there are many thousands. Cancer
eventually kills its host by an insidious process of
infiltration and spread. By their own exorbitant
salaries and continuing mismanagement and misuse of
money, administrators have diverted precious funds and
made our once thriving Health Service into an emaciated
shadow of its former self.Sometimes cancer causes
bleeding. The blood then flows away and cannot be
replaced quickly enough by the ailing body. Doctors and
nurses - the life blood of the NHS - have never before
been leaving or taking early retirement in such
unprecedented numbers. And they are going because of the
administration, which has made many feel absolutely and
utterly unvalued.The only treatment for a cancer is to
completely get rid of it. If this were done, there would
be an immediate and overwhelming increase in morale not
only by the clinical staff, but by everyone else in the
hospital, plus immense savings. This book is a vital
expose of the crisis at the heart of the NHS and a
rallying cry to save it before it's too late. |
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