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The Lucy Letby case could dismantle the NHS

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Purpletreesinmygarden · 19/08/2023 07:37

NHS clinical employee of 25 yrs. Watched the news last night and was horrified, but sadly not surprised, at the managers’ responses- both those at the time of the deaths and now. These people are politicians at heart; they avoid taking any responsibility And are never held to account. Career -wise they only ever move sideways or up. Clinical staff who try to call them out get screwed. The senior drs on this unit knew what was going and yet were threatened and made to apologise. If you don’t work in the NHS please don’t think this this is an isolated incident…….whilst not necessarily on this scale and with quite such tragic consequences, this behaviour is rife in every hospital. Perhaps this case will finally bring some meaningful reform.

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Isoqueen · 21/08/2023 11:32

The trouble is they have this thing that it is the best health system in the world. They really believe that,too. Obviously haven’t travelled much.

Messyhair321 · 10/09/2023 21:05

Purpletreesinmygarden · 19/08/2023 07:47

@tanstaafl - poor choice of words at the end. I don’t mean reform. The NHS needs dismantled completely……and this might just do it. There will always be some form of social healthcare left for those who can’t afford to Pay into a private healthcare plan, but that is where we are heading and this might just be a catalyst.

I agree. Dismantled completely.
I used to work for a local authority & the politics is the same, rubbish workers kicked upstairs because they were no good at their jobs. Ridiculous.

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