WOW - a bit of excitement on the medical and health forum at last ! Nearly as much fun as "jet blast". Can we have more of the same please ?
Yes , there are lots of area's for improvement in the NHS, and like any large system, it can be sluggish, and slow to adopt change. However, having worked in the "system" for many years, I can say that, with hand on heart, the majority of people who work in the system, are genuinely dedicated to providing high quality care to their patient's and families.
I suspect that the reason for the excitement in this post is that nhs workers, on the whole, are passionate about maintaining and improving the system for their patients.
Without getting too involved in the mud-slinging, I would hope that perhaps a little constructive criticism and objectivity may be more useful than blanket statements. Tell us exactly what you think is crap, tell us what you think is good, and we will try our hardest to improve things.