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"The idea that you can have access to private healthcare as a kind of a way out of that is just pretty wrong."
"I'm still, on a daily basis, witnessing how terrible the services are for families...nothing's improved and I find that soul destroying."
"I think now we're at a point with the NHS where it's stretched to breaking point because it's had probably 10 to 15 years of underinvestment. And the cracks are showing. "
"Once the recognition had come that my mum's condition was very, very poor, it became very clear that all the focus was on moving her out of that very well-resourced place where she was excellently supported on everything to an every-level facility. That’s the process of moving her into a...read more
"[If] a family suddenly had to step in, which caused problems with their work, there just wasn't any help available whatsoever. Very sad, but that's the way it was. And I would phone 20 to 40 homes, trying to get help."
"If you look at the positive side of coronavirus, it's highlighted how much stuff you can do within the community, that is based on health and social care, but actually doesn't need to be done by the NHS. It can be done by people helping each other. And that's the...read more
"Consider the possible challenges on my part, delivering healthcare as a Black man. Because sometimes the representation we have as BAME community members in some of these services is really minimal. And when that is the case, members of our communities find it difficult to access healthcare because they don't...read more
"I have had mental health challenges, and still do every now and again. While my GP has been very compassionate, and has supplied the practical medication, I've never ever thought of accessing any sort of therapy on the NHS. I've done that privately. I'm fortunate to be in a position...read more
"For me, the most important thing with regards to the welfare of the health and social care workers is zero tolerance to violence and aggression. Because there's not a single day without being racially abused or physically abused. And nothing ever gets done about it. You report an incident to...read more
"I think the NHS has been wonderful in that people receive high quality care in this country."