Before we can build-back a stronger NHS, we'll need to take a good look in the mirror first. Via WiredUK
There is a current failure to see what the pandemic has done to the National Health Service. In disaster planning, you usually see an event of total destruction followed by a fragile, precarious rebuild. But we haven’t got there in terms of explaining the damage done by the pandemic. We’re trying to pretend it hasn’t happened. Until we find a narrative to explore the damage wrought that is not political and not partisan, we won’t get to explore what a build-back might look like.
This, however, gave false reassurances during the pandemic. If that falls over, I think the public will start to see what a collapse looks like. Social care services are already precarious. If you’re vulnerable or homeless, if you need mental health support or drug addiction support, you already know there’s no safety net. Mortuary staff are also starting to see much greater anecdotal evidence that’s difficult to process in a visceral and visual way: People presenting with very developed and externally visible cancers, children dying of very treatable illnesses.
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