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"I remember a few years ago my father had been in hospital. He'd lost his mobility. And he couldn't go back home and and live on his own. But, luckily, at that point he was able to get a place in an Intermediate Care establishment and he was there for a few...read more
"There was a time during Covid when [on] Thursdays people would just go out the door and we could clap at eight o'clock. That was just to say thank you to the NHS staff. Do you know how far that goes? [These] people work their heads off. They have never had...read more
"I think the NHS has been wonderful in that people receive high quality care in this country."
"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."
"It's worrying, obviously, the cost of it. Because more and more of us are living longer. And I was seeing on the telly recently, they were saying that if you have savings of more than £23,000 or £24,000 pounds, you are expected to look after yourself. Which is fine, but...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."
"I worked in a hospital. I've stood on one side of a patient's bed arguing with the consultant or the doctor on the other side of the bed. ‘Whose money are we going to use? Do we use health? Or do we use social services?’ It's just not changed."
"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
"They are so tired, they are so overworked. They've lost the compassion and they've lost the empathy. The healthcare system is supposed to be just that: a caring system. The problem is its lost how to care. And that's because it's under resourced."
"I had two members of my family in the same care home. At the risk of sounding political, and this is not meant to, my uncle was getting everything for free. But my auntie was having to pay £800 a week. I personally struggled with that. They are literally in...read more