The BBC has recently been pushing hard to portray private nursing homes as dangerous and not worthy of comparison with the NHS which is the 'envy of the world'. Here's a story from the NHS that I doubt the BBC will cover:
If the NHS is the envy of the world then why do so few countries follow the same health care model. If I could choose where I fell ill, I would choose France, Spain or Italy before the UK. These are all countries where the hospitals are clean and well run, the doctors and nurses polite & efficient and where you feel that you, the patient, are the priority rather than it being meeting the latest target or fitting in with the health-workers schedule.
'The ultimate NHS indignity: Body of hospital patient left to die in corridor is ignored for hours... before staff simply drag him away''Envy of the world', I don't think so.
If the NHS is the envy of the world then why do so few countries follow the same health care model. If I could choose where I fell ill, I would choose France, Spain or Italy before the UK. These are all countries where the hospitals are clean and well run, the doctors and nurses polite & efficient and where you feel that you, the patient, are the priority rather than it being meeting the latest target or fitting in with the health-workers schedule.
No experience of Europe, but I would rather be admitted to hospital in Turkey, Malaysia or Gambia than the UK, and not just because of the nurses either !
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