'Each winter we experience another crisis in our NHS services, and each year that crisis deepens' | PaulJSweeney ✍️
system in any Western country to provide free healthcare to the entire population.
The fact that it is still in existence is testament to the professionalism and dedication of those frontline staff who work tirelessly to keep it afloat, despite government policies.Broken by 15 years of neglect and indifference; broken by a callous disregard for its significance; and broken by a failure to address long-term, deep-rooted problems.
And while there is no quick fix or easy actions we can take, the reality is that we cannot afford to allow the NHS to crumble beyond repair. The consequences of inaction do not bear thinking about, but sadly we are fast approaching that point. In the past two years, that failure to invest and integrate our healthcare systems has resulted in almost one million bed days being lost to delayed discharge as patients languish in hospitals unnecessarily.
Every week I am contacted by constituents in Glasgow unable to get access to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services for their children, a grim picture that is replicated across the country with more than 8000 children and young people waiting to start treatment as of September 2022.
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