Thursday, December 02, 2004

David Laws vs Yeovil Hospital

Yeovil's MP David Laws (the man who wants to privatise the NHS) is in the local paper (no link yet) yet again attacking the service we provide. Actually he has been pretty quiet lately, there's not many things that a three-star trust providing a five-star service does wrong but he wouldn't praise us for anything would he.

His gripe this time is length of waiting lists, presumably if Laws ever became Health Secretary there wouldn't be waiting lists as long as your wallet could bear it. Interestingly the claims are very vague

"A number of constituents...Some of these waiting between six months and one year" and ended with a hopeful fish "I would be interested in hearing from anyone who has experienced similar difficulties"

As it happens we do have one specialty, Bone Densitometry, where the maximum waiting list is 28 weeks, which is between six months and one year, but only just and that's only because currently we have only one consultant rheumologist in post, with one vacancy out to advert.

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