NHS Problems due to Heartless Machines

Claire Rayner knows the problem with socialised medicine

There were certainly no computers and monitoring machines, however useful.

But what nurses had mattered even more — for these machines do their work without heart.

Heartless machines! She doesn't expand on the many problems with heartless machines, I imagine they are many though.

Furthermore the standard of Nurses is slipping!

She [Matron] interviewed every applicant — investigating her attitudes, morals, intelligence and performance at matriculation (yesterday's GCSEs and A-levels) without putting them before such qualities as patience and kindness. Now all a would-be student needs is the requisite A-levels for university.

I would like to put my hand up and say I would rather someone was trained to a high standard than was kind, kindness won't resuscitate me if I lose consciousness etc. etc.

Oh well

Not what you'd call relevent per se, but...

I just had to link to this post by Dr Crippen (Dr Crippen is a GP who keeps a blog on the NHS, giving the GPs POV in the face of an agressive and ill-informed Government and mainstream media).

His second paragraph and the second picture make me very happy.