9 ways to save the NHS

These sound pretty good...

https://www.theguardian.com/healthca...-professionals

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They missed one out surely?

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Which one

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I don't know why charging people for missed appointments wasn't implemented a long time ago, some selfish people know there is no punishment for missed appointments so don't bother cancelling, they just don't turn up.

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Well, it's in connection with another 'crisis' mentioned on your other thread.

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The Daily Mail has the answer to the NHS, it is suggesting that we all go and work for free.

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I'm up for it always fancied myself as a doctor

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I did it at school behind the bike shed but I don't think that counts.

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Tsk tsk

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Whilst they may be good ideas some of those things will never work. locally our gp surgery opened Saturdays, sadly they forgot to tell the patients and didn't offer any appointments so they deemed it a failure and said no one wanted it.
Many hospital departments send out letters stating you will attend at a time and place, then get all upset when the patient can't get there.
The NHS needs to be more flexible, some seem very adverse to any changes.
Waste is rife too.

So good ideas but need a lot of changes to make them work.