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1. eLF says: Re-instate Ward Sisters. Make them responsible for the cleanliness of their wards. It USED to work! The average rating of this idea is 3 out of 5. Rate this idea:
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2. Carl says: Bring maintenance and cleaning services back in-house. This will allow responsive as well as routine cleaning to be done without referral to a contract. It'll probably also raise the wages of the workers doing it. The average rating of this idea is 3 out of 5. Rate this idea:
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3. rico says: Tina should keep her racist ideas off this website. The average rating of this idea is 3 out of 5. Rate this idea:
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4. sarah says: I think the healthcare system should make old and young people exempt from paying healt costs and i feel that middle aged people should pay, however only for the not so serious problems, problems such as diseases etc should have some form of funding support provided but i believe we can't ride on the NHS being free forever as it is only being subjected to abuse and i believe that will sort itself out if their is a fee to pay. The average rating of this idea is 3 out of 5. Rate this idea:
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5. Anne Gibbs says: I used to work at the Whittington hospital in North London and the amount of drunk, foreign patients, drug overdoses etc is terrible. However the behaviour of staff is often even worse. The average rating of this idea is 3 out of 5. Rate this idea:
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6. Tina says: Come up with a plan to keep illegal immigrants and asylum seekers out of hospital. They cost millions each year and the money is never claimed. I've been at the whittington and the royal free and seen people who come just for their treatment once a year. We are paying for their healthcare and these resources should be protected for elderly, at risk patients who actually are eligible for these. The average rating of this idea is 3 out of 5. Rate this idea:
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7. Sensible says: The government needs to set standards for NHS hospitals so that senior managers and CEOs cannot be a law unto themselves. A recent guardian article showed that the Whittington hospital is one of the top hospitals for bullying its staff - but no action has been taken by the Department of Health or the government - or even the police for their illegal behaviour. We must keep these hospitals regulated to the law. To see the article about bullying at the Whittington hospital: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/jan/27/nhs.bullying The average rating of this idea is 3 out of 5. Rate this idea:
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8. Annis says: How about nurse agencies are abolished and every nurse has to be attached to a ward, even if they only work 1 shift a week or some are called in as and when they are needed. This would mean that every nurse knew their ward and so there would never be times when the regular ward staff would have to spend 3/4 of their shifts explaining how things are done/where they go etc. Surely a much more efficient system? The average rating of this idea is 3 out of 5. Rate this idea:
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9. DooJoo says: I believe that there is too great an emphasis in Mental Health Care on prescription drugs. It would be far more beneficial for patients to have more regular one on one therapies and individualising their treatment. Currently people are shoved into group therapies that become an insurmountable barrier to them opening up and receiving proper care and leaves them further isolated. The drugs are used attempt ease the pain but only talking therapies can truly break the cycle of troubled behaviour and should always be used as the first port of call. The average rating of this idea is 3 out of 5. Rate this idea:
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10. Manoj says: How about GPs working at least 5 days a week like the rest of us - with GP surgeries open 7 days a week. It so hard to get an appointment now, god only knows what's it going to be like in a few years time. Also less attitude from the receptionists!! The average rating of this idea is 3 out of 5. Rate this idea:
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11. MJ says: Allow people to choose the GP they want to see instead of having to register with a limited number of GP surgeries close to where they live. I recently moved and have lost the BEST GP. I am now forced to see a GP who I'm sure is medically compentent but his English is very poor and his 'bedside' manner appaling. I do not feel comfortable at all. But please keep the NHS as a service available to all and limit privatisation. We will all suffer in the long term if this is allowed to continue. The average rating of this idea is 3 out of 5. Rate this idea:
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12. Dr H says: lets employ some white British doctors for a change. its crazy that all our good doctors are leaving to go to Australia (who cost £250,000 to train) because they're aren't enough jobs here coz they are all given to foreigners who can't speak english esp indians, iranians etc. it really has become reverse discrimination for the born and bred white english doctor. I am happy for those 2nd generation docs who speak excellent english & train in this country but it simply isn't right to exclude our home trained docs from a job coz of taking on docs from all over the world. The docs ratios must be > 50% foreigners. Surely we should reflect the countries overall ethnic minority ratio which is apparently 80% white british: 20% others altho you'd never believe it in London! The average rating of this idea is 3 out of 5. Rate this idea:
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13. Mark Tanner says: Let's make drug addiction a medical, rather than a legal, problem. Let addicts have their drugs at cost price, in standardised doses, from their GP. There will be less chance of overdose. There will be less people becoming victims of crime because less people will have to steal to fund their drug habits. It will stop drug addicts giving their money to organised criminals. It will stop the trading of drugs on the black market. It will stop the proceeds of the drug trade from funding international terrorism. It will, inevitably, reduce drug related violent crime, among addicts and towards members of our health service. Then we can concentrate on curing people's addictions without having to send them to prison. Then people with addiction problems will have hope of a realistic cure. Then addicts will be more likely to ask for help. Then less people with addictions will get ill. Then we can stop spending money on enforcing draconian drug laws and start spending that money on a modern, socially aware, health service. I have a dream. The average rating of this idea is 3 out of 5. Rate this idea:
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14. Ms L says: I think it's about time that people stopped whinging about the NHS and appreciated the fact that we in the UK have access to a free health care system. Plenty of people who live in other countries that don't have free health care would gladly swap with us. If you don't like the NHS, then pay extra for private health care. I'm sick and tired of UK citizens, (especially Londoners) moaning about the shortcomings of the NHS, yet never offering an alternative idea. Lets appreciate what we have, instead of moaning about what we don't have. The average rating of this idea is 3 out of 5. Rate this idea:
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15. Stu says: Cleaning hospitals would be a great idea. The Royal Free is disgusting. The average rating of this idea is 3 out of 5. Rate this idea:
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16. Zoe Drewitt says: I've got a great idea - how about if NHS staff spoke ENGLISH! My local hospital is the Royal Free and I spend most of my time there trying to fathom what on earth the staff are saying. I don't mind the staff coming from other countries, I DO mind when I can't understand a word they're saying. There should be a basic ENglish test for staff, including not having an unintelligable accent! The average rating of this idea is 3 out of 5. Rate this idea:
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17. Mish Mish says: The NHS is a brilliant idea. The fact that you can get free medical care is a wonderful societal foundation that I think many British people take for granted. In the USA, if you don't have health care, you die on the street. That said, the pay deal for GPs needs to be reviewed - why are they being paid more for doing less? - as does the pay deal for dentists - again, they are being paid to hit targets, and then once they do, they stop treating. It's ridiculous. There needs to be less target-driven pay deals in place and more emphasis placed on quality of care rather than quantity of care. In Australia and New Zealand, target-based care for dentists resulted in an entire generation of children having fillings in their teeth that they didn't need because the dental nurses were paid extra for every filling they did. Don't let that happen here. Many doctors and dentists want to work in a way that allows them to treat their patients with care and honesty rather than being reigned in by targets. And please pay nurses more - they are the backbone of hospitals. Also there should be a crack-down on medical tourism. While I have no problem with people using the NHS from overseas if they live here and contribute to society by paying taxes and NI (or those who fall ill on holiday), there should be systems in place to ensure the system is not taken advantage of. The average rating of this idea is 3 out of 5. Rate this idea:
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18. Steve Bagoo says: renegotiate the ludicrous pay deal for GP's, stop the crazy process of 'letting' uk based nursing staff leave then employing oversea temps then attempting to repemploy the previously discarded uk staff on higher wages - KEEP HOLD OF YOUR GOOD STAFF AND GIVE THEM INCENTIVES TO STAY - this is the same process throughout the public sector, working to 'targets' that are largely meaningless and then panicking when staff become disenchanted with the lack of rewards for their hard work/overtime/abuse from service users/lack of support from management, talk about the tail wagging the dog! The average rating of this idea is 3 out of 5. Rate this idea:
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19. steveturf says: I'm a graphic designer and I've designed 4 different websites for the NHS, total waste of money, they should do one design (a good one) and use it as a template for all the other care trusts. Sounds boring, but I'm well aware of the amount of money being wasted by the NHS on crap websites. 108 diffenent trusts, 108 different designs, and then they have to be built. Say £20,000 x 108 = £216,000. Plus someone to maintain the site, upload photos of staff at a leaving party, and crap "news" stories, I've seen it - another £216,000 a year. This website, however is a great idea, let's hope it affects change The average rating of this idea is 4 out of 5. Rate this idea:
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20. Patients' Advocate says: I think patients should be given what they WANT. Too much of the time, the NHS is run on the basis of what people NEED. It's not good enough (although we are slowly turning the tide). I vote for WANT based healthcare. We know best, we are the patients after all. The average rating of this idea is 2 out of 5. Rate this idea:
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