To think the NHS survives on martyrdom, not competence?

[BluntGreyHawk]

We’re told the NHS is full of “heroes” but AIBU to think what really keeps it afloat is overworked staff sacrificing themselves, not actual efficient management or competence?

The NHS has some fantastic practitioners.

Its issue is that it is underfunded, which makes doing the job very, very difficult.

It's kept alive on exploitation of staff, of them working through breaks, beyond hours and through management refusing to consider why huge numbers of staff leave, instead just hunting further and further afield to replace them.

The NHS is kept afloat by practitioners doing too much often in their own time at the expense of their own physical and mental health unfortunately

I think there are a lot of Turkeys that know that if they voted for Christmas the NHS would be a lot better off.

Equally there are lot of people who go above and beyond who make up for the others who are phoning it in.

The NHS survives on the by-product of Empire Building by mediocre managers. With a (un)healthy dose of exploitation and next-gen empire building by those that follow.

I think its a combination of dedicated and competent staff doing extra unpaid work, trying to make up for a small number of absolutely useless and lazy staff which for some reason the nhs won't let go of. Same for patients- vast majority are polite, respectful, but a small proportion are absolute sh1ts and in any private business they would be banned.

I work stupid hours for the NHS in a role that requires a great deal of skill and knowledge. I get treated like shit by rude patients and am paid just above minimum wage for my efforts. People work for the NHS because they believe in it and want to help others. It would be nice if the public we deal with gave us the bare minimum in return. We should also be paid what we are worth, but sadly the country can't afford it because millionaires can't afford to pay their taxes

Watch ‘Critical, between life and death’ on Netflix and then let’s chat.

Is that some patients or all patients? Because the very same can be said about the staff. Some are brilliant and caring. Some are bullies.

Plus there are the non clinical managers and administrators who insist procedures can be done in a certain time (never mind difficult veins, anxiety, poor mobility) who are obstructive and OCD with the recruitment process (causing people offered jobs to go elsewhere) endless inappropriate stat and mand (lifting and handling courses where the biggest thing I lift is a 500ml bag of infusion fluid)

Yes many are over worked

The NHS is broken, underfunded, poor management and poor management of funds, the constant restructuring, the number of bank staff used, the number of poor staff that are kept on it’s never ending how poorly managed the NHS is

yet many want to keep fighting for it, well some do less and less over time and very few of my colleagues feel this way anymore ten years ago we were passionate about saving the NHS. Labour are telling us the wonders of free at the point of service care and how lucky we are, it’s bullshit we deserve better patients and staff