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To: All MPs
Save our NHS STAFF!
We call on MPs of all parties to work together to find an acceptable means to fund an increase in NHS staffing levels to meet the increasing workload. A recent article by Neena Modi in the Guardian issue of 9th February 2016 entitled “Don’t believe the myth that the NHS is unaffordable. It doesn’t have to be” includes some useful suggestions apart from increasing taxation. See http://www.theguardian.com/society/commentisfree/2016/feb/09/nhs-part-privatised-health-service-complexity-costs-billions
Why is this important?
We all make mistakes
If we are tired we make more mistakes
If we are exhausted we make even more mistakes
If the management of an organization fails to provide sufficient staff for the work to be done without staff getting overtired or exhausted then the managers must share the responsibility for mistakes made.
It was a fine idea to set up our NHS so that UK citizens could share the cost of healthcare for each other. But it is clear that the NHS is now understaffed both on the basis of percentage of GDP spent on it and the numbers of staff per 1000 members of the population by comparison with European countries comparable to the UK.
The manager of the NHS is effectively Parliament as represented by its members. Parliament's MPs must be held partly responsible for errors within the NHS if funding for sufficient staff is not provided.
If we are tired we make more mistakes
If we are exhausted we make even more mistakes
If the management of an organization fails to provide sufficient staff for the work to be done without staff getting overtired or exhausted then the managers must share the responsibility for mistakes made.
It was a fine idea to set up our NHS so that UK citizens could share the cost of healthcare for each other. But it is clear that the NHS is now understaffed both on the basis of percentage of GDP spent on it and the numbers of staff per 1000 members of the population by comparison with European countries comparable to the UK.
The manager of the NHS is effectively Parliament as represented by its members. Parliament's MPs must be held partly responsible for errors within the NHS if funding for sufficient staff is not provided.
