Rise and Fall
In the heart of Britain, a union unfolds,
Of junior doctors, their pay packets told,
Marching in unison, a resolute brigade,
Seeking justice for all the dues unpaid.
Nurses stand by, and consultants strong,
In unity they chant, correcting the wrong,
Placards raised, and cries in the air,
“Save our NHS,” a burden they bear.
Inflation gnaws at their modest pay,
Leaving dreams in debt, the future grey,
Struggling with burnout, hearts worn thin,
Yet a love for healing is the fire within.
Bursaries clung to like a lifeline tight,
A plea for fairness to do what’s right,
Inadequate staffing, a crisis of weight,
Leaving our health service in a state.
Appointments vanish, operations delayed,
A heavy toll on the promises made,
Long queues grow longer and time slips away,
And we ponder, is there a better way?
A dichotomy, stark, grips the nation’s soul,
Supporting the staff, yet losing control,
Believing in fairness, in rights we trust,
While lives hang in balance, ashes and dust.
Can this vision built for our basic care,
Still afford the dream from Bevan’s chair,
And sail this New World ship ashore,
Or is it now the end of this dinosaur?
Inktober 2023
31 Days – 31 Drawings – 31 Tales
8 Comments on Inktober Rise
Rach
13th Oct, 2023 10:10
The NHS isn’t doing it’s job properly anymore. Funding goes to fashionable agendas, wastage is beyond belief, there’s too much bureaucracy and not enough real care. Short staffed, mismanagement and a used and abused system that doesn’t work. Sad but true.
Jules Smith
13th Oct, 2023 15:10
Yes, sadly you’re not wrong, Rach.
Thanks for the visit.
LL
13th Oct, 2023 12:10
I can’t comment on the British NHS with any credibility because I’m not part of it. From what I’ve heard, the Canadian NHS, pattered after it, has similar endemic problems in that wait times are also horribly long if you need treatment, and costs are uncontrollable.
The workers within the system seem to be unsatisfied. The patrons that they serve seem equally unsatisfied. Political pandering seems to be part of the problem.
Jules Smith
13th Oct, 2023 15:10
In a nutshell.
The NHS is something we all cling on to in the UK because it’s all we’ve known and the principle of anyone being able to get basic health care for free is a wonderful thing. However, times change, the basic system evolved and costs a fortune to run; it’s understaffed, over managed, under funded and it can’t cope.
Roger B.
13th Oct, 2023 17:10
Hello – I agree with both the other commentors, and will add that the UK’s NHS, Brussels’ WHO, and America’s CDC have all deservedly lost credibility over the past three years – to the point that amongst well-informed Americans, overall trust in the medical/pharmaceutical establishment has been so badly damaged that it may not recover for a generation.
The utter willingness of these government agencies to stuff science under the rug and set a safe full of Pharma cash on top of the lump cannot be forgiven. The deliberate concealment of evidence about the origin and funding of the bioweapon virus, the dismissal of off-patent remedies, the mandates, and the vaccine injuries and deaths: Enough.
Jules Smith
14th Oct, 2023 08:10
A shocking mess all round, Roger. God knows how it can be fixed.
the late phoenix
13th Oct, 2023 21:10
beautiful, mah dahlin, I showed this to my mom who’s a nurse.
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Jules Smith
14th Oct, 2023 08:10
Thank you, my sweet. I hope she liked it *)
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