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"We need to understand that the amount of social care required isn't going to decrease. Because the healthcare is so much better, people are living longer. So more people are going to need the provision of social care for more years than they do at the moment. Some are reaching...read more
"About the free NHS... I really believe the country now needs quite a serious conversation about what that actually means. It's not free, we all pay for it. And, clearly, we need to pay more. "
"They're not very keen on the idea of going into a care home. And I don't really see myself as being the caring type, going and doing it myself, in the foreseeable future. And I don't know what the prospects of care at home are for them. Unless they pay...read more
"If we want a social care service that's anywhere remotely resembling the NHS, that is free at the point of access for anyone who needs it, things will have to change very radically."
"When we go into the NHS, we expect that wherever we are in the country– whether you're going to a hospital, an ambulance service, a GP practice – whoever you are, whatever you earn, you will basically get the same service. If you require social care it's a very different...read more
"I'd like to see much better management within the hospitals, more linkages between all the different departments and a lot less waste of money. I think there's a lot of wastage."
"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. "
"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
"I've worked in various places for a long time, but spent twenty-five years in mental health. And over that time, some things have gotten a lot better. But the funding for the service has been cut so dramatically, that now there are people who are, in my opinion, over medicated...read more
"I've got a friend whose daughter has anorexia and – this was before the pandemic – she cannot get an appointment with CAMHS (Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services), because they're underfunded. So that they don't have the ability to get in and have those really important conversations."
"We're dealing with significant levels of mental health issues amongst young people. And there is without any shadow of doubt, nothing like enough to go around. There's no question about that."
"I'd like to see more money available locally, so that GP surgeries can be suitably resourced. So that there aren’t long waiting lists, and so that interventions can happen sooner. So that we're not having to wait till it's an emergency."