NHS for us all (even rural dwellers)
Only an urban obsessed and centred Government could actually be orchestrating the wholesale closure of A&E units, whilst saying it will enhance patient care. Yes, it is true, that there are too many visits currently to these units, when treatment could be done by GPs or at home.
However, in a rural area, ambulances have long distances to travel anyway. If there are further closures, those distances will be even greater.
The NHS is increasingly run by people who are disconnected from the reality of people’s needs and wishes. Cutting services to save lives is really a fatuous proposition – it is all about money, and how this Government has squandered it on a bureaucracy run wild, and a debilitating and intrusive culture of target setting in our health service.