Mal abgesehen von der Queen Thematik kann man hier noch bissl mehr rausnehmen. Wie katastrophal die Zustände schon sind:
https://www.opendemocracy.net/…eth-funeral-bank-holiday/
ZitatThe decision to cancel appointments comes as hospital waiting lists hit an all-time high: almost 6.8 million people were waiting for appointments at the end of July. More than 377,000 of these patients had been waiting for more than a year.
And NHS data shows that nearly 40% of cancer patients had their treatment delayed beyond the two-month maximum.
ZitatA doctor at one trust told openDemocracy: “I imagine most of the doctors would be happy to just ignore the bank holiday, but we are totally reliant on a huge team of people paid minimum wage and treated like shit like porters and cleaners, and I imagine they will take a bank holiday if offered – as I would in their position.”
Last week, the chief executive of the King’s Fund, Richard Murray, warned that the NHS was “being shaken to its foundations as we head into the winter months in the grip of a worsening staffing crisis”.
Nigel Edwards, the chief executive of the Nuffield Trust health think tank, said the health service was in “critical condition” with waiting times “worse than they were in previous winters”.