NHS staff don't want to be treated in NHS hospitals

One of the first things I was taught as a spotty teenager trying to understand how the world works, was that people never "piss on their own doorstep". Now that, at the time, didn't really mean that much but over time, and the duration of this government, i'm starting to think that my old man may have had a point.

This morning the Healthcare Commission have published the results a poll, in which nearly two thirds of NHS staff stated that they would not want be a patient as they would not be happy with the care provided by the NHS trust! If that doesn't tell you how bad the health service has become in this country what will. After ten years of a "the party that are the saviours of the NHS", we now find ourselves in the position that not even nurses want to be treated in an NHS hospital.

However, the damning poll didn't stop there. The poll also concluded that only 45% of healthcare workers said that patients were a top priority. Less than of half! A fairly damning statistic. So, let me guess, the priorities would be instead: hitting government targets, government star ratings for the trusts, cost cutting efficency savings, and league tables, maybe?

This poll should concern us all.