Posted on 12/21/2013 10:01:17 AM PST by Innovative
THE NHS should not be treated as a “national religion” while millions of patients receive a “wholly unsatisfactory” service from GPs and hospitals, the official regulator has warned.
David Prior, the chairman of the Care Quality Commission, said the health service had been allowed to reach the brink of crisis because it was “too powerful” to be criticised.
He said parts of the NHS were “out of control” because honest debate about the weaknesses of the health service was not tolerated.
Mr Prior said priority must be given to reform of an “out of control” system of emergency care, overloaded by patients who cannot get decent care outside hospital.
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precisely
Be nice to your local vets. They can prescribe drugs too.
Wow. I’m shocked. Shocked I say.
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