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Health and Care Matters
I think things could be run better
In 2021, around 700 people across Britain took part in online conversations to talk about their experiences of health and care. Here’s what they said about how health and care services could operate better.
Health and care services are understaffed. Care quality is suffering as a result
Staff, unpaid carers and volunteers need to be properly valued and supported
Staff, patient and carer involvement in decision-making should improve
The whole system could be more efficient and fit for purpose. More holistic care, focusing on prevention and early intervention, could bring about big improvements.
“I suppose the issue is that in theory things are great, but they’re not. The workload and the pressures to make all of the things that could work well, if they were given time and energy, the workload takes it away. God I sound so burnt out.”
“We all stood outside clapping for the NHS and those sorts of things for weeks at a time. And yet, they won’t give the nurses a pay rise. They’re dead on their feet. They’re absolutely dead on their feet. They’re still having to pay £9,000 a year to train to…read more
“The people are the most important asset in the NHS. It’s clear they are woefully underfunded, underpaid and overworked. If we lose the people, we lose the system. ”
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I can relate to this
Dinah
“If I’ve got one big beef with the system it’s that the emphasis on acute care overwhelms what should be an emphasis on prevention. And that opens up a whole lot of different questions about how people are educated to understand what is necessary to circumvent their need to see…read more
Do you have something to say on this topic? There’s a number of ways you can get involved, from submitting quick 2 minute answers to sharing your story on video.
We share people’s experiences because we want people making decisions to hear from people who live with those decisions every day. But we know some of this experiential content can be difficult to watch. If you’ve been affected by anything you’ve seen, heard or read here please consider getting in touch with these organisations that can help.
To help preserve people’s anonymity, real names haven’t been used on quotes.
