Philippa Aslet💙

I am passionate about our NHS and have always wanted to get involved with @NHSEngland in a workforce or patients safety role. But I wrote this article knowing that publishing it would probably stop that happening as they are unlikely to appoint someone who is so openly critical. But sometimes the civil servants detached from the reality of front line work need to be reminded about the dangers and risks of their actions. In A&Es up and down the country our sickest patients are suffering in pursuit of hitting arbitrary targets in order for the politicians to gaslight the country about the state of emergency care in the NHS. I expect nothing less from our current government. But what saddens me most, is that senior people who work for @NHSEngland have just acquiesced to unacceptable practices and not spoken up against blatant political interference in patient care priorities. – at Hove, England