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Jul 3, 2022Liked by Dave Heatley

For a couple of contrasting experiences, once I cut my finger quite deeply, and a friend who was there who was also a trained medic for the army said I should go to the ED. We duly headed off, the nurse at the desk said "It's a three hour wait" and I said to my friend "Okay, I trust you to patch this up".

And in the UK's NHS once, I was so encumbered with follow-up customer surveys, my husband wound up guarding my cubicle so I could get a couple of hours sleep.

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“The process of working in healthcare hasn’t evolved much in decades. We’ve got the same waiting rooms, the same routine questions repeated ad nauseam, and far too much paper-based documentation.

The system relies too much on nurses’ and doctors’ time, which has created unsustainable pressure on workers as our Covid-filled world collides with a rapidly ageing population.”

Chris Hobson, Orion Health, 13 July 2022. https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/129245750/who-the-hell-would-want-to-work-in-healthcare

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An entertaining analysis of the woes of public health provision in developed countries

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