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The NHS is Europe’s largest employer and for the UK, one of the success stories of the Twentieth Century.  The principle of free healthcare at the point of delivery from the cradle to the grave has been a cornerstone of British life for over fifty years and it plays a vital role in the wellbeing of the nation.  The fact is that no matter how poor you maybe, you can still have access to some of the best healthcare in the world is something that we all of us should be proud of.

The NHS is an institution in which care not money should be its primary responsibility.  Unfortunately, most of the managers employed have very little training in healthcare, with more being recruited from background akin to workers in The City.  

For NHS to thrive and survive, there needs to be a better approach in how to run it.  As an organisation that is involved in delivering healthcare, it’s leaders from the Health Secretary right down to the ward manager should be chosen from medical backgrounds.  This would hopefully allow the focus of the service to remained trained on its primary function.  Also, managers from medical background would be able to better tailor the service in response to crises (such as the recent MRSA scares) as well as garner greater corporation from their staff.  Sadly however, something tells me that the managers already in place may not approve to such common sense thinking. Protect the NHS allow them to look after the nations health and the people looking boob jobs can pay for it.