Why the UK is failing its NHS healthcare workers

Several unions of National Health Service workers in the UK have rejected a 5 percent raise offer from the government and are continuing to picket and strike. Long a target of Tory austerity measures, NHS workers have been squeezed between budget cuts on one hand and spiking inflation on the other. The results have been catastrophic, not only for workers themselves, but for as well, given the quality of healthcare the system is able to deliver deteriorates as pressure on workers increases. "I'm not enabled by this system anymore, by the NHS, to take proper care of my patients," Bert Roman, a cancer nurse, told The Real News. With 47,000 nurses pushed from the profession by economic factors, most hospitals are trying to solve problems of understaffing by driving the remaining workers even harder. TRNN reports from picket lines in London.
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[@bigdog44pc]

This is the country that had a coronation at the taxpayers expense, I wonder how they could have spent the money better?

[@smelltheglove2038]

Maybe the massive influx of benefit recipients with no intentions of working took a bit out of the budget? I know staying in hotels isn’t cheap, especially luxury hotels. Maybe I should show up in a dingy.

[@Liverpoolboy01]

There is always one. And Smell come bubbling up.

[@viorica8402]

Do you prefer Presidents bidé & macarons? They care for the wellbeing of their bank accounts and have no another thought for the people who "democratically" elected them!...that's tyranny. Tyranny of the bankers from the time of the frenchfrogs' revolution until to day

[@bjornbaron5940]

Yet GB has the funds to send weapons to Ukraine.

[@stephenlock7236]

The unelected Sunak government is more concerned about supporting the NeoN Zelensky regime than supporting the British citizens.

[@waynethorpe1341]

So True.

[@emmanuellebediat1653]

Yeah, 13 trillion for Ukraine but no money for the NHS

[@nusaibahibraheem8183]

​@@emmanuellebediat1653 13 trillion? But that is from all the NATO Countries right?

[@lillielavelle9738]

He's a dirty, greedy b@&£d like literally every single other politician in parliament. Using this war to line his own pockets. He probably has 'special interests' in Ukraine. Massive corruption goes on in that country apparently, even worse than here.

[@missesangry]

We have a duty of our patients and the public to stand up against unsafe conditions

[@IAm-rw7gz]

Where where you during the ongoing democide ? Contributing or demonstrating for higher wages. If you are a nurse or a doctor YOU ARE A FAILURE DEVOID OF CRITICAL THINKING CRYING VICTIMHOOD WHILE KILLING PEOPLE ?

[@johnthompson7105]

If there is money to feed house and clothe the entire world then there is money for health workers

[@51vvince]

WHY DOESN'T ANY ONE MENTION AGENCY STAFF AND THEIR MASSIVE WAGES

[@captain_context9991]

Go be a nurse in Norway instead. START on 40 - 50 grand. A lot less stress and hassle in a system that works better. And you can work your whole life in Norway with only speaking English.

[@publicutility]

In the states, public university chancellor is paid 450k after leaving a cabinet post in the president administration. Not nobody, certainly not corporate media.

[@captain_context9991]

@@publicutility Public university chancellor in the states? What even is that. And whats the relevance.

[@publicutility]

@@captain_context9991 you're incompetent

[@teardrop-in-a-fishbowl]

But that's not the cause of the NHS's problems! It's an overall problem here like everywhere.

[@51vvince]

THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS THERE IS PLENTY OF MONEY IN THE POT BUT IT IS BEING MANAGED BY MORONS IF THEY CAN PAY AGENCY STAFF 80 POUNDS / HOUR THEN THERE IS ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY NHS STAFF A PROPER WAGE

[@andy1way]

Why not become an agency nurse?

[@51vvince]

@@andy1way if everyone was aency then there would be NO NHS NO UNION NO 80 POUNDS / HOUR CORPORATIONS MOVE IN REDUCE WAGES THROW PATIENTS ON THE STREET HELLO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

[@tracygallagher4632]

Because it’s immoral.

[@ericcsudduth5166]

Stand strong people

[@airstation2030]

Why do I have to go to this site to get the real news? Where is the mainstream press?

[@Liverpoolboy01]

Tory Sycophants, that's why they do not report the real news.

[@teardrop-in-a-fishbowl]

The NHS US people would love to have, in a destruction mode caused by greedy US corporations, which want the same barbaric conditions they created now for UK citizens. What irony! Fight here like there,no matter what! ✊ Solidarity!🇩🇪🇬🇧🇺🇲

[@Italianstallion-v2f]

@CH The alternatives to the NHS are profit seeking colluding interests I venture to guess. Also, public health will suffer as not only is your healthcare tied to your employer, giving them power over you, a huge percentage of Americans will go without coverage alltohether, causing all sorts of issues to clean up when they end up in the ED.

[@kettlecat1572]

You are delusional to think the USA wants the nhs, nobody does. You people don’t see that this is what the natural state of an nhs is and always will be.

[@456myer]

I know for me as a nurse in the US, money and pay wasn’t the issue. It was the sheer amount of physical mental and emotional labor I was expected to give every single shift and then the guilt tripping for not picking up extra shifts. All the money in the world can’t buy a single human the physical energy needed to do the job of 3 people. Staffing conditions even prior to COVID should have been illegal. Staffing conditions at this point are point blank physically impossible regardless of how much money you throw at a person every shift. At this point nobody should expect even “decent” healthcare because it’s truthfully never been set up to be that way. If in this day and age you do receive individualized, compassionate healthcare consider it a blessing from God honestly

[@KallePihlajasaari]

Imagine if the pay was double, all the open positions would be filled.

[@ralphkilloran8065]

Governments need to first care for their citizens. Feb 23, 2023: How much money has the UK spent on defence for Ukraine? The UK provided £2.3 billion in military support to Ukraine in 2022 and has already committed the same level of military support in 2023, totalling £4.6 billion over both years.

[@petew5289]

Guess who's money is invested in the arms companies track and trace £37000000000

[@Liverpoolboy01]

Not forgetting the 39 Billion Truss cost us. 13 Years and we are still in Austerity. WTF!

[@mikhailmalakhov9967]

Governments care for the corporations that paid for their elections. This is the western democracy. Enjoy it.

[@lillielavelle9738]

Yet Ukraine is still losing....

[@viorica8402]

And if USA & UK will give Ukraine "dirty bombs", you'll see many persons from Central & Eastern Europe with lymphoma & other cancers! Pray so the Customs will stop the radioactive clouds at the borders of UK!

[@BluntBrazenCurt_Evolved]

Revolt like France 🔥

[@twoknightfall3722]

Keep send ,,HELP" to Ukraine . That's helping you .

[@De5O54]

_/Thumbs up/_ It is like they are trying to tank the healthcare system. The past 2 years - it was the thing to bang pots on a Thursday 8pm. The amount of pharmacys closing down in England is quite wild, this was on the news a fortnight ago. Well done TRNN.

[@tracygallagher4632]

We’re being conditioned to not expect healthcare.

[@mikhailmalakhov9967]

Sending more weapons to ukraine and buying the gas from US are the only important things right now.

[@gallectee6032]

This is what the financial elite are doing all over the world. Keep that in mind because before you know it, they'll take all of those gains that the working class have achieved back.

[@Phil-bc2sd]

Why are the NHS workers failing the uk public is more the question.

[@moriyokiri3229]

GOOO NURSES!

[@JUSTICEFORALL911]

🔥🔥🔥

[@captain_context9991]

Go be a nurse in Norway instead. START on 40 - 50 grand. A lot less stress and hassle in a system that works better. And you can work your whole life in Norway with only speaking English.

[@alpinwolf1752]

Die trauen sich was..... Ist das denn erlaubt?

[@edc3743]

Consortium News Mar 17 2022 "Corporate Takeover of NHS: The Demise of British Primary Care"

[@Jeannelawes]

All part of the stealth privatisation.

[@samlatooni]

First France and now UK..... Protesters chanting : " COLONISE, COLONISE, COLONISE"!!!!!!!!!!!! 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@alexbetts8291]

I support skilled people earning a proportionate wage to their efforts, the truth is that lots of professions are long hours and dedicated graft day after day , life is hard so just see that this struggle is across the board ,, the mis management is in every sector , i do support you nhs people but see that all of society is up against it ,, just look at the refuse collection sector all on agency no sick pay filth and bodily degradation , youre conditions are very highly protected ,,some of you may find you are spoiled actually

[@Christmascancelled]

Labour Party will privatise the NHS says Starmer.

[@amelia-zc5lx]

never a deal see the other side both sides not just you all. Bec.

[@Spartacus48]

We have migrants being put up in 4 star hotels costing the taxpayers 6 million a day , yet can’t pay our great nurses a descent wage , disgusting

[@williams.1980]

👍

[@waynethorpe1341]

Don't deserve You. ❤

[@Nightbane37]

Sorry but GET RID OF THE MONARCHY THEN you will have money

[@smelltheglove2038]

Or they just have too many benefit recipients. You can have open borders or a welfare state, you can’t have both.

[@gallectee6032]

@@smelltheglove2038 Yeah, the idea that the financial elite should pay more as they used to is completely nuts. The only ways forward are clearly to take away from the working class.

[@smelltheglove2038]

@@gallectee6032 or you can pretend that’s the problem.

[@gallectee6032]

@@smelltheglove2038 There's no pretense here. It's what's happening, rather than your nazi bullshit.

[@Liverpoolboy01]

Ignore the Smell, he has his racist agenda

[@publicutility]

Capitalism?

[@teardrop-in-a-fishbowl]

Even with, it hasn't be that way! It's up to politics what's happening with the healthcare system and other countries are doing better, if not best.

[@publicutility]

@@teardrop-in-a-fishbowl capitalist countries with robust social programs and most importantly tiny theological hypocrisy. Less horrific death cults high levels of social programs highest levels of happiness on every metric.

[@adamrandall5967]

🟰 Bank of England 💰 🆚 Flank of Wingland ⛑

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

Still believing Brexit was a good idea didn't help.

[@kju5020]

Your computer system is old as f It takes ages to get and an app, and when you get it is not enough Spanish public health is better why is it? you need to go to the root of the cause if you’re not properly organised you won’t work properly

[@acornandy]

I'm sick of the NHS I'd pay privately if I could afford it they are always whinging ..

[@Liverpoolboy01]

Of course you are. Don't call an ambulance.

[@acornandy]

wanker I meant it