The NHS

I blogged on Friday that "Thousands of "health tourists" are going as far as India, Malaysia and South Africa for major operations – such is their despair over the quality of health services." Today the Telegraph has an article about the growing public concerns over the falling standards within the NHS. Take a read of the whole article and the four case studies that follow it, this one says a lot "Growing up in India, Sudhanshu Sarangi regarded the NHS as the pinnacle of health-care. But he has since changed his views. A senior officer in the Indian Police Service, Mr Sarangi, 40, recently came to Britain to complete a PhD at Liverpool University. Shortly before travelling, Mr Sarangi had an operation on his gall bladder. He developed an infection, but when he visited his GP in Liverpool Mr Sarangi was told he would have to wait six weeks for an ultrasound examination by a specialist. Instead he went back to India for treatment. "I flew to Hyderabad and received the tests on the day I arrived," he said. The tests cost £50; if he had gone private in the UK he would have paid £1,200. On his return to Liverpool Mr Sarangi was referred to a consultant for specialist treatment prescribed in India. But after six weeks the appointment was cancelled at five days' notice and he now faces a further six-week wait. "I'll go to Hyderabad," he said."

This government has spent a bloody fortune on the NHS; most of it going on wages, consultants and bloody ridiculous IT projects and what do we the taxpayer have to show for it?