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"There's no care there at all, from the people that own the company. It's all about this being a market for making a shedload of money. And that is what it's about. Thankfully, the people that are actually there right at the bottom of the chain, the carers... I don't...read more
"We do the care, we look after the residents that come into the place, but we’re under that much strain. We’re undervalued, you know. It's that ‘you get this and then I’m out.’ There's only so much money spent on personal care and it’s all you can do. It’s all...read more
"It's about caring. And it turns a lot of things on its head. But until society's happier to spend some of their hard earned money through taxes to make the services work for us. It's us today, but it could be them tomorrow. "
"I wish the government would stop bloody putting money into stupid stuff and start actually giving some money to the NHS… do we need another bloody submarine?"
"The NHS might be funded. There are parts of it where you pay bit, but the majority is funded. Social Care is not. Some of it, a very small portion is funded. But most people when they're going to care homes, they fund themselves. My mother pays £4,300 per month...read more
"I would quite happily pay an extra £20-30 in National Insurance contributions a year if it was going into the NHS. And if you ask the majority of people, they would quite happily pay that extra £20-30 a year. "
"Working in the NHS, I work at a crisis team at the moment. It's incredibly busy and very variable. I feel frustrated at times. I can't do the things I'd really love to do. They just don't have the resources."
"The care [my mother’s] got now, she’s got to sell their home to pay for. Her and my dad worked all their lives. They'll have it taken away just to pay for her care."
"What is painfully obvious to me is that if you have financial resources and, like myself, a good number of siblings, you are far more able to support someone in your own family who is in need of significant help than someone who has still to go to work or...read more
"In Casualty, we used to be really pleased if someone said they had private insurance, because it meant they could go to the private ward and not use one of our precious beds."