By far the most sensible suggestion I've seen on the NHS Ideas For Change site from the 1250 contributions to date...
https://change.nhs.uk/en-GB/ideas/stop-wasting-time-on-getting-ideas-from-the-general-public-rather-than-experts?phase_context=630bd00c-c0de-463c-8882-480845e26250
https://change.nhs.uk/en-GB/ideas/stop-wasting-time-on-getting-ideas-from-the-general-public-rather-than-experts?phase_context=630bd00c-c0de-463c-8882-480845e26250
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The reintroduction of Matrons.
Done to placate a hysterical media who whipped up public anger about 'Dirty Hospitals'
Which were the result of privatising NHS services.
We belatedly realised nobody in a decision making position wanted a challenge to the way the NHS worked, and their career paths.
https://theconversation.com/is-the-cuban-healthcare-system-really-as-great-as-people-claim-69526
But this process is a CON. Only ideas supporting their ongoing privatisation will be used and anything else ignored.
How happy are we all that #GTTO worked?
Maybe you're happy but the B-team are NOT sufficiently different.
PS I like the dandelions - ambulance sirens alliteration 😉
Who would have put money on the party that ripped the heart out of the NHS being Labour?
On highly technical issues, asking non-experts for the solution always reminds me of the Indiana Pi Bill.
In 1897, Indiana came close to legislating that pi = 3.2. They were saved from ignominy by the fortuitous presence of a visiting mathematician.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kionasmith/2018/02/05/indianas-state-legislature-once-tried-to-legislate-the-value-of-pi/
the argument, iirc, is that experts all, to a degree, think alike so once you have roughly 8 experts, adding more just gives you the same ideas
whereas non experts think different, so you get new ideas
not sure
I don't know why it no longer occurs, but it used to be a common meme hear that if you want to see how insanely stupid the avg person is, go to any meeting held by local gov't
like anytime the City has a hearing about, say, planting a tree . .
Many patients complained that multiple visits to hospitals for different but linked tests is inefficient.
One morning he was no longer there. It took me 5 years to find out why (pneumonia as it turned out, he'd mentioned a cold the last time i saw him).
So why did they do this? Had enough of experts, have no ideas, or looking for justifications to do something?
Speaking as someone who suddenly and unexpectedly finds himself with a serious health problem can I recommend banning kebabs, shift work and very stressful jobs to help cut waiting lists?
Those working at the sharp end of NHS may have a valuable insight into small changes which if replicated throughout NHS will have a major effect.
Renewal of prescription medical exemption on paper (whilst the driving licence is on-line).
Diabetic clinic in one area, GP in an adjacent one but they don't talk electronically, so GP keeps asking me for blood tests which I've had a month before.
*yes, I'm average
In seriousness, I agree that expertise is massively underrated to support meaningful change.
But, I do think we need societal discussion about how we want our NHS to work, what the priorities should be, & what proportion of GDP shld go towards it.
Problems for users create problems in other areas of personal and national life. These problems are not cost free. Why shouldn’t they be counted.