Do we want the NHS protected?

Cameron thinks so.

This is a complex subject so lets tackle it in small steps.

Was the spending of £2 bn on Swine 'Flu wise? Did we need protecting? (follow the "flu " label for what has been said before)

Are we spending too much money and prescribing too many drugs? (ditto "drugs" label)

It has been found that children who are exposed to germs (including animal shit) end up growing up healthier - though the others die. Do we put too much emphasis in taking over what our bodies have evolved to do naturally?

Is keeping people suffering from dementia, alive with feeding tubes (which is being required in some "Care" Homes) "good" or "evil"? It sounds like living hell to me.

Does the NHS take over our lives with the attitude "We know best how to keep you alive" when we don't want to live anymore thank you very much ? Is not quality of life the most important? Each one of us defines this in different ways, but are we consulted on how we want to live?

Is the purpose of the NHS solely to help our bodies do what they do exceedingly well without interference?

Have we been brainwashed into thinking that living as long as possible is more important than living short quality lives? Do we just want to stay alive as we can't face up to the idea of dying. We can't even use the word "died" but use the euphemisms:"passed away", "joined the great majority" (which is no longer true!)

Richard Nordquist writes concerning taboos

"Some folks in hospital "expire" there. And, according to hospital records, others experience "a negative patient-care outcome" or "a therapeutic misadventure." However, such mishaps can't be nearly as disappointing as the patient who has "failed to fulfill his wellness potential."

So of these answers could lead to the NHS not costing very much at all!

Drugs

The discussion on the lower pages has made me go back to basics regarding my beliefs.

I'd appreciate your help in sorting these out with your reactions to the following because my actions will be dependent on these beliefs.

We all take drugs - well possibly one in a million doesn't.

Tea and coffee are drugs; herbal teas are drugs. We take others quite readily for illnesses.

The drug that causes the most concern in Britain is alcohol.

All drugs affect the behaviour of our body.

Alcohol has the property to help us relax. Some people cannot relax without it.

It leads to people's loss of inhibitions; they behave in a way that would not normally be their natural behaviour when they are "under the influence".

Encouraging people to drink excessively is irresponsible because as soon as they start losing their inhibitions, they can't see why they shouldn't drink more and more . . The result can be damage to themselves, to property and to other people.

If the result of activities in an establishment leads to people coming onto the streets out of control and this arises from them drinking too much (something they might well deny), we have a problem. More seriously people who are "not under the influence "- bar staff may allow them to drink.

If there are very rare occurrences where the Police have to be involved outside then this is understandable. If however Police are regularly required to bring order to irresponsible people then the establishment is not working as we would wish.

When people come out on the streets at times that non drinking people are around in quantity (during daylight) then these have a great influence on the behaviour of the less responsible. However when irresponsible come onto the streets in the middle of the night when the majority are in bed and the only other people that are around may be other irresponsible people. Then we a looking at "trouble". The only solution that we have then is the sober authoratitive Police.

The latter can do an excellent job but cost the taxpayer a lot of money especially if the have to operate regularly in the middle of the night. With limitted resources of cash there can be other work that we may want the police to do - in the day time.

Thus I conclude that if certain activities in the town regularly lead to irresponsible behaviour in the night then those activities should be stopped.

The onus is on the establishments - no one else.