So many RIP NHS status’s this morning… as some one who works in the NHS and see’s how badly the service is abused EVERYDAY, let me tell you now it doesn’t matter who won the vote today – the responsibility for saving the NHS falls on us, the people who use it.
Stop going to your GP when you have a cold, don’t go to A&E for back ache, if you are genuinely unwell and are lucky enough to get a doctors or hospital appointment – actually attend it and don’t be late, if you can buy medication to ease your symptoms over the counter – don’t harass the doctor into giving it to you on a prescription, don’t call an ambulance unless the situation you are in is genuinely life threatening.
Take responsibility for your own health – don’t smoke 40 fags a day and then be a drain on the NHS when you need chemo for lung cancer, don’t eat rubbish food and then need treatment for obesity related illnesses, go to the gym, look after your own body rather than expecting there to be a miracle pill that some poor overworked doctor on the NHS could prescribe to fix all of your ailments!
The reason the NHS is in the state that is in is because we do not use it properly, we are putting a huge amount of pressure on it and it simply cannot keep up with the demand.
It doesn’t matter what little box you ticked yesterday, if you want to save the NHS educate yourself and your family about how to use it properly!