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This is according to the nhs ombudsman. There are around 11,000 avoidable deaths every yean 11,000 avoidable deaths every year, 11,000 someones mum dies, their children know something dodgy happened and then theyre met with a rotten culture, including the altering of care plans, the disappearance of crucial documents and complete denials. They lie to you. They appear to have been getting away with industrial scale negligence by covering it up or banking on distraught relatives being too weak to take legal action. But they really get away with it because the nhs is like a religion and people dare not criticise it. Youd be accused of nhs phobia. One trust referred 26 medics to the General Medical Council for alleged misconduct for trying to speak out no wrongdoing was found. The lucy letby case whistleblowers had to write her a letter of apology. They want to silence staff with fear of losing their jobs. The chances are somebody you know has fallen victim to this. The nhs gets sued once every 40 minutes, according to some reports, in 20 2223 the nhs received 13,551 clinical claims, 99 of claims against the nhs were successful in reaching some form of settlement. 51 of the claims settlement. 51 of the claims resulted in the payment of damages. The resulted in the payment of damages. The nhs paid out around £26 billion in clinical £2. 6 billion in clinical negligence compensation for the penod negligence compensation for the period 2022 to 23. The year before. The nhs paid out 2. 4 billion. These are just the people who bother to bring claims. Can you imagine how big the problem really is when you include nhs legal costs, it takes it to around 6. 6 billion apparently, which is around 3. 5 of their annual budget. The annual budget is around £180 billion, and we now have about 2 Million People working for the nhs. They cannot keep blaming nhs. They cannot keep blaming everything on being underfunded and understaffed if theyre covering up medical negligence , covering up medical negligence, it means the problem doesnt get deau it means the problem doesnt get dealt with and it keeps happening. And that is the fault happening. And that is the fault of the nhs managers, the people who it. Theyve got the who run it. Theyve got the money for 837 non clinical staff working at english hospitals on the highest paid band, nine contracts, which is between 99,000 and £115,000 a year. These included a hospital chief executive in london earning £226,600 a year, one in bradford on 179 grand. A director of people and transformation in bristol was being paid 100 and 53,500 pounds a year. Theyve got the money for the £41 million salary costs for people in diversity related jobs. How many nurses would that pay for. 7 how many Junior Doctors. 7 they havent got the time to check whether or not some people working in the nhs are actually qualified. Theres an industrial scale qualifications fraud scandal going on. Around 700 nurses are reportedly still working despite possibly not being qualified , and theyve got being qualified, and theyve got the time on their hands to think about making the nhs the worlds first Carbon NeutralHealth Service. Theyve got time to consider whether women in labour should be picked up by an electric ambulance that might have to be recharged en route to the hospital, and its important that that shes given the environmentally friendly pain relief. Ironically one of the biggest cover up areas in the nhs maternity care. There are nhs is maternity care. There are nhs is maternity care. There are nhs with a budget of nhs managers with a budget of £180 billion, 2 million members of staff, and theyre crying about being understaffed and under resourced if they spent more time looking after patients instead of finding ways to cover up avoidable deaths, there , up avoidable deaths, there, maybe wed have a Better Health service. Heads should roll. But lets get the thoughts of my panel right now it is daily express columnist carole malone. Ihave express columnist carole malone. I have got trade unionist Andy Mcdonald and of course the wonderful Political Editor of the daily express has , well, sam the daily express has, well, sam lister, thank you very much. Oh, right. Okay. Look, carole , i right. Okay. Look, carole, i mean, this for me is absolutely astonishing. And it does make you wonder whether or not heads will roll here. Well, they havent in the well, no, they havent in the past, have they . Mean, go all past, have they . I mean, go all the back to two between 2000 the way back to two between 2000 and staffs hospital, and 5 2008, mid staffs hospital, 1200 needlessly 1200 people died needlessly there over a period of three years. They said this will never happen again. They said whistleblowers will will not be punished at punished because they were at mid staffs. Its happened two, mid staffs. Its happened two, three, 4 or 5 times since just recently. Lucy letby, the nurse , recently. Lucy letby, the nurse, consultants had to apologise to a baby killer for daring to question whether she was up to the job or not. It is. It is astonishing, this this new study thats come out by an nhs ombudsman who was retiring shortly, a guy called rod behrens , rod behrens. Hes behrens, rod behrens. Hes basically saying that this this is of the managers, the is kind of the managers, the bosses of the nhs care more about reputation damage to themselves than they do about themselves than they do about the health and the lives of the patients, which i find absolutely astonishing. And they absolutely astonishing. And they will do anything to cover up. You know, you mentioned some astonishing figures there, billions year for billions every year paid out for medical cock ups and who are making these cock doctors , making these cock ups doctors, consultants, nurses maybe i dont know, but we know the people were told we cannot criticise time and time again. Criticise time and time again. These are where the cock ups are happening and these people are when, when they go for, for a reprimand, whatever theyre nothing happens to them. If there were 13,500 complaints brought in 2022, 2023 and 99 of them were deemed to be accurate. Okay, it makes you wonder, though, doesnt it . How many more complaints there actually would be and whether or not we do have a fully functional Health Service and the lengths theyll go to cover things up. Yeah, mean, its insane yeah, i mean, its insane that 99 of those complaints were imagine were filled fulfilled. Imagine the incidents that went by that werent about. But, werent complained about. But, you goes to very werent complained about. But, you you goes to very werent complained about. But, you you know, goes to very werent complained about. But, you you know, you; to very werent complained about. But, you you know, you look very werent complained about. But, you you know, you look at very werent complained about. But, you you know, you look at the top. You know, you look at the Health Secretaries over this government, have been six government, there have been six health five Health Secretaries in five years, six secretaries in years, six Health Secretaries in five nothing to do. Is five years. Nothing to do. It is theres mismanagement the top theres mismanagement at the top happening ground. Happening on the ground. Im sorry, the budget is im sorry, but the budget is given the nhs , hhs, are given to the nhs, hhs, who are supposed dont supposed to manage it and dont talk me them being talk to me about them being underfunded. Oecd said the underfunded. The oecd said the produce the list of 32 countries last year, and they said of all the developed countries, the uk has the third best funded Health Care System in the world. Now thats incredible. And were on a par with somewhere like switzerland, where we give 11. 3 of gdp to nhs. Of gdp to the nhs. I dont think its incredible, particularly comparable because weve got a pubuc comparable because weve got a public Health Service, other countries have a private Health Service. Totally its not service. Its totally its not just you a question, which just ask you a question, which is it really our Health Secretarys fault if an nhs manager is telling staff to doctor records . So that someones nan will never be found out exactly what she died on . No, not if its just a one off, not if its a couple. Exactly. Thats what im saying. If it was just a one off, it wouldnt be their fault. But its a structural problem. Its a cultural problem. Its a cultural problem. Its a cultural problem. Its a cultural problem. Its a cultltal problem. Cultural problem. Its a cultltal on� blem. Cultural problem. Its a cultltal on then. Cultural problem. Its a cultltal on the ground. Do not it is on the ground. Do not want to be to pay out cash want to be have to pay out cash to grieving relatives for killing hurting killing them, hurting them, causing harm and causing them permanent harm and whistleblowers are threatened with the sack. Theyre with the with the sack. Theyre threatened with ruination, their career being but daring career being ruined but daring to report the then who fixes this, then who fixes it . If not, the Health Secretary, not state for health. Okay, sam, any of the okay, sam, if any of the business was like this, business was run like this, which you know , a whopping which has, you know, a whopping great big budget, huge numbers of staff on and Something Like 11,000 avoidable deaths year 11,000 avoidable deaths a year and a culture of cover up, people would be absolutely screaming from the rooftops to have this thing ripped root have this thing ripped up. Root and reform , wouldnt they . I they . I think i think thats true, but i think actually it is human nature. In nature. And i think actually in private see private companies, you do see a culture up, culture of covering up, particularly financial particularly in financial companies. Being companies. The difference being we taxpayers money we are paying taxpayers money going fund the nhs. We are paying taxpayers money goiithis fund the nhs. We are paying taxpayers money goiithis isrnd the nhs. We are paying taxpayers money goiithis is peoples hs. We are paying taxpayers money goiithis is peoples lives. Its this is peoples lives. Its not peoples bank accounts. And that the big difference here. That is the big difference here. I think the problem is the nhs is revered in this evangelical way and it makes it untouchable. Way and it makes it untouchable. I think thats really a big problem. And i also think the bma, which has become incredibly radicalised, is really causing the nhs big damage. More than a million appointments have been cancelled. Thats also doing cancelled. Thats also doing massive to patients. Massive harm to patients. And while bma has this grip on while the bma has this grip on the nhs, thats a real problem. So makes a really good point about deification of the nhs about the deification of the nhs. For years and years its been the sacred cow that we dare not criticise for fear, because it sounds like were being ungrateful to the doctors and nurses who good job and nurses who do a good job and were but if you dont were not. But if you dont criticise never criticise something, its never going you dont going to change if you dont threaten , its never to threaten it, its never going to change. Every they just change. Every year they just say, more money. Theyve say, we want more money. Theyve got get billion got they get 168 billion currently service and currently to run a service and its entirely mismanaged. And also, andy, you know , and also, andy, you know, ive been out on a couple of the picket lines with the bma and solidarity. Thank you for that. Thank you for that. Well exactly. Yeah. Not not quite yet. But i think quite not just yet. But i think that comes up is things that never comes up is things like this 40 odd Million Pound a year budget for people in diversity roles. Youve got millions set aside for millions of pounds set aside for people in non clinical roles. And think how many junior and you think how many Junior Doctors and how many nurses, how Many Health Workers could many mental Health Workers could that pay for . I dont think its the nhs is underfunded necessarily just necessarily. Its just they appear be love with appear to be in love with certain needless fat cats. Well, in fairness to the bma and know, the trade and the rcn, you know, the trade union doctors and union that represent doctors and nurses, represent nurses, they dont represent non clinical that would be non clinical staff that would be unison or that unison or unite or gmb that other unions. Unison or unite or gmb that other unions. If you unison or unite or gmb that other unions. If you look other trade unions. If you look at bma and rcn, theyve got their issues to fight, their own issues to fight, theyve own, you know, theyve got their own, you know, conflicts, deal conflicts, disputes to deal with. And i have to say the bma are considered in the trade Union Community subpar Union Community to be subpar trade union. Theyre a membership body as well as a trade dont trade union. I dont think theyre theyve theyre a radical become theyve become become radicalised , theyve become radicalised, asking for pay rise. They have asking for a pay rise. They have become conditions. Become radical conditions. Theyve is radical that. Theyve is radical about that. Theyve is radical about that. Theyve given a 10 pay theyve been given a 10 pay rise and they will not accept that. And are that is, that. And these are that is, that. And these are that is, that its not just on pay rises. Its also on contractual factors. These are some of the most highly paid professionals in the country. Know, youre country. You know, when youre when of the some when youre also one of the some of highly trained, you of the most highly trained, you get yeah. Trained who of the most highly trained, you getwhove yeah. Trained who of the most highly trained, you getwhove theyve trained who of the most highly trained, you getwhove theyve been ed who of the most highly trained, you getwhove theyve been helped by whove theyve been helped trained by us. Themselves. They do pay well themselves. They do pay £9,000 a year in tax in university fees. You think university fees. You think thats all they do Pay University fees. Thats all they pay. Thats all they pay. Fees. They get university fees. They get into of thousand pounds university fees. They get intdebt. Of thousand pounds of debt. But more importantly, whats of debt. Buimportant ortantly, whats of debt. Buimportant ortantyou vhats of debt. Buimportant ortantyou know, of debt. Have|portant ortantyou know, of debt. Have the tant ortantyou know, of debt. Have the worst. Tantyou know, of debt. Have the worst. The ou know, we have the worst. The nhs has the worst outcomes for the for common in the developed common cancers in the developed world. You know, really common cancers like oesophagus , liver, cancers like oesophagus, liver, kidney, lung. We are way bottom of the list for curing cancer in many cases a fixable thing. And many cases a fixable thing. And for some reason our Health Service now has fought. And thats not me saying that. Thats thats