Letter: Why should the hard-working shed blood, sweat and tears?
Both Jeremy Hunt and Chris Hopson, CEO of NHS Providers, claimed that, the problems in the NHS, e.g. waiting on a trolley for 35 hours and dying of a heart attack before being found a bed, is not a 'humanitarian crisis'.
Had the First World War secured the world peace it was believed it would – 'the war to end all wars' – it would most certainly be a 'humanitarian crisis'.
The fact that, 'high ranking officers' are attempting to downgrade the most damaging and traumatising problem ever to have hit the NHS since it was 'born' in 1948, is surely as shameful, if not unforgiveable as 'dereliction of duty gets'!
Chris Hopson claimed that, "all NHS staff where absolutely working their hardest".
With slavery abolished in the 19th Century, why should anyone, especially people who've worked their absolute hardest to get the qualifications needed, for the most compassionate job on the planet, have to shed blood, sweat and tears, while Britain's 'fat cats' earn £1,000 per hour?
The worst of it is that, hospitalisations from self-harm and eating disorders have doubled in the past three years, and in some parts of the country, rates of childhood depression, anxiety, self-harm and eating disorders are up by 600 percent.
The average onset age for depression was 45 in the 1960s. Today it is age 14.
Meanwhile, child and adolescent mental services have suffered budget cuts of £85m since 2010. Mental health problems now account for one in every three GP consultations. Who's dealing with historic and current child abuse?
When Natasha Devon was appointed children's mental health tsar, in August 2015, by the Department for Education, her absolute commitment to the job, (arguing Government education policies contributed to mental health), got her the sack.
Should Jeremy Hunt and Chris Hopson resign?
Allan Ramsay, Radcliffe
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