The Guardian view on the NHS: more cash, less dog-whistling needed | Editorial

The Guardian view on the NHS: more cash, less dog-whistling needed | Editorial In launching an ugly offensive on overseas patients, the British government is trying to deflect attention from a funding crisis of its own making

Another week, another dreadful story about patients suffering at the hands of our increasingly cash-strapped NHS and care system. This time it was Iris Sibley, an 89-year-old woman kept isolated on a hospital ward for six months, despite being well enough to be discharged, because of a failure to find a suitable nursing home place. The result: not just huge financial expense for the NHS, but great human cost in distress and anxiety for Iris and her family. Continue reading... The Guardian

See also:

• The NHS requires desperate reform and a Health Secretary who is able to carry it out The Independent