If I hear one more person wittering on about "efficiency savings" in the #NHS I'm going to scream. The NHS has been pared to the bone in the name of efficiency savings and it does not work because you can't predict exactly when or how people are going to need the service.

I don't want the NHS to be efficient. I want it to have the capacity to deal with whatever gets thrown at it. I WANT there to be empty beds, because that means there's nobody waiting for a bed. I WANT Doctors to spend a certain amount of their day twiddling their thumbs, because that means people aren't stuck waiting in pain and desperation.

Am i weird?

@miss_s_b Additionally, Doctors (and nurses, pharmacists, cytologists, etc) NEED to have time to "twiddle their thumbs" every day b/c that time is available for ongoing education. The state of the medical sciences is advancing continuously and if you don't read A LOT you will fall behind. Which, ultimately, means losing patients who might have survived with better treatment.
@miss_s_b @cstross I think doctors and nurses having time to twiddle their thumbs also means they aren't hopelessly overloaded and overworked. Exhaustion leads to burnout, not to mention a higher likelihood of mistakes and accidents.