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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
The facts you describe are not in dispute.
It's the way the NHS is run, particularly at hospital level, front line, that I am criticising. Sure technical specialists are required in addition to clinical staff but in my dealings with the NHS, I sense too high an administrative burden which reduces the money available for midwives, district nurses and all the services we enjoyed in that way 20 years ag,.
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The difference with Midwives and District Nurses is down to how GPs are funded separately from the rest of the NHS. GP services are increasingly run by private companies, who are squeezing out the traditional family doctor service. More and more areas are having to fight to keep local surgeries due to funding issues coupled with problems getting GPs. One local area has no GP service at all due to the Private company pulling out, with no one else willing to take it on. In a town that has tripled in size this causes a huge strain on the remaining Health Centres.