Hospitals are in state of 'war', government adviser says

[Northerner]

Hospitals are under such extreme pressure that they are in a state of “war”, a key government adviser on the NHS has admitted, in a frank assessment of the health service’s deepening crisis.

Patrick Carter, who advises the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, on NHS efficiency, warned that the service, which has just posted its worst ever performance on A&E, cancer and other waiting times, is facing “a very, very difficult” time operationally and financially until 2020.

In a speech to leading doctors, Lord Carter said: “We need to be incredibly proud that our hospitals are running so hot, and yet they haven’t broken. It’s a staggering achievement. This is like being [in] a war actually and we should be extraordinarily proud of it. But you can’t continue on a war basis forever, as we know.”

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/feb/09/hospitals-state-of-war-government-adviser-says

 

[mikeyB]

Not the most helpful simile, it'll just give May and Hunt opportunity to call on the Dunkirk spirit instead of money. 😡

Lord Carter takes the Labour Whip- he's one of Blair's life peers. He shouldn't be advising Hunt on efficiency, he should be batting him round the room to tell the miserable sod he needs to provide more money.