More money (compare The last Labour government's year-on-year investment to that of the Tories)

A drive to bring back many of the nurses and doctors that left after Brexit. (that's how 'oven ready' it was). Before Brexit, I would have prepared us for the consequences by, perhaps, arranging for a 'quota' of 'guest-workers to service the NHS rather than leave a gaping hole.

A drive to bring back the foreign workers that worked in social care/care homes before Brexit (that's how 'oven ready' it was). At least the care homes would have enough staff to take the elderly as they are fit to leave hospital, freeing beds for others, freeing ambulances to get on with emergency calls instead of being parked in A&E waiting bays. Before Brexit, to repeat, I would have prepared us for the consequences by, perhaps, arranging for a 'quota' of 'guest-workers to service the NHS rather than leave a gaping hole. this aspect was completely overlooked and unplanned for by the Eton Mess and his cronies.

A massive drive to encourage young people to join the medical and auxiliary staff. To do this, their wages and workload will have to be different to what they are now.

A massive shift away from management (efficiency, my arse) to clinicians.

Before anyone bleats about how we'll afford it, it's about time the multi-nationals all paid a proper rate of tax for making profits from British people, for a start. Stop the loopholes that allow them to exploit 'tax avoidance'. For a start.

Here's me, I'm only a civilian. It's up to the politicians to sort out ways and means.

During the last Con party conference, Sajid Javid gave a speech about no such thing as society, only the individual and the family (Thatcher quote, all you Maggie -lovers will rejoice in) after which he added (almost as a sneaky aside) that we are going to have to take responsibility for our own health: a shot across the bows, a clear indicator of what the neo-liberal mindset of the Conservatives really want: private healthcare for all and getting rid of the NHS. (Their American chums, are gnashing their teeth, salivating, on the sidelines, waiting to exploit the hefty windfall in contracts and $.)

Privatisation.

Come on you lot: come clean. How many of you on here agree with that sentiment?

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Hmg employ people to run their services. Now that state workers are untouchable how do they make the changes and employ better leaders. You only have to wonder if the recent bullying claims about ministers is more about workers being crap and told so than actual bullying.

The bullying claim is just a political weapon. If people think they've been bullied because a minister has shouted at them a bit, they clearly haven't lived in the real world that I've inhabited. They wouldn't have lasted 5 minutes with some of the bosses I've had to endure

Palace since 19 August 1972. Palace 1 (Tony Taylor) Liverpool 1 (Emlyn Hughes)

The biggest drain in recent years to staff leaving the care sector was due to not having covid vaccination. Labour backed clap and sack. Labour took a position opposed to unions like Unite. Up, to 20,000 working class care staff left the industry pushing staffing shortages up to around 120,000.

Remove staff losses due to covid and staff shortages in the care sector are? There has also been staffing shortages, we lurch historically from staff shortage crisis to staff shortage crisis as industry whoever is in power.

Care staff prior to brexit were poorly paid. We are still poorly paid.Using foreign labour keeps our wages down - Increasing supply of cheap labour keeps wages down - Iron law of economics.

Labour as of yet have made ZERO committment to raising my wages in the care sector that remain just above minimum wage. The crse sector is overwhelmingly working class. Labour as of yet have made ZERO committment to raising the wages of working class people in the care sector.

Services struggle to recruit staff because of wages Labour support. Services struggle to maintain staffing levels because they pay staff 9/10 quid an hour. Labours minimum wage proposal is pennies higher than the Tories. Labour councils purchase services and peg wages of working class care staff to the minmum wage to drive costs low as possible.

The sentiment here?

I must admit that I don't take much notice of this forum any more but surely no-one has said that we don't have an obesity crisis as it's obvious to anyone and everyone that we do.

The following is an extract from a local paper that was published a few years ago:-

The first thing you notice, arriving by train into Tamworth’s unedifying concrete railway station, is the smell of burgers sizzling on the open griddle of a mobile snack bar five steps outside the main entrance door. Top of the specials’ list is the ‘mad hatter’ — a burger with a fried egg on top. For another 30p, they’ll slap a slice of cheese on it for you as well.

Welcome to the fat capital of Britain: one in three adults in Tamworth, Staffordshire, is now officially classed as obese and most of the children aren’t far behind.

I saw an article today that the investigation into Partygate is stalling as the "victims" have been told they cannot remain anonymous to BoJo. This is similar to allegations against Dominic Raab.

I don't think it necessary that the public know who these complainers are but the accused is certainly entitled to and yet the tone of these articles appears to suggest otherwise.

Put up or shut up.

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