If you were the health minister, where would you make the cuts?

I know you're probably trolling, but I'd say approximately 99.9999% of illnesses are self-inflicted. Only a handful of congenital ones aren't.

Would you charge people who are injured in a car crash? Charge somebody who slips and breaks his leg? Charge somebody who is cutting vegetables and slices his finger? It is a slippery slope. A chef is trained to cut vegetables, if he cuts his finger is it still an accident? Should he be charged?

Nope, not to car crash victims, I was one! Not to people who slip and break their legs either.

A chef cutting vegetables as a part of his job and cuts his finger or even a stuntment hurt on set would still be eligible for treatment. They are different from the fatties or the winos because the latter constantly consistently do something during a prolonged period which serves to heighten the likelihood of them getting ill.

As opposed to the stuntman, if he's all strapped in securely every time, admittedly his chances of hurting himself are pretty high to start with, but with each subsequent repeat action, the risk does not increase. His 5th year of being a stuntman is just as risky or even less than his 1st day! As opposed to some fat kid stuffing a 1/4 pounder into their gobs for the 25000th time. At least tax those people like the smokers who actually pay more than their expected health care bills over their lifetimes.

So I take the fact you didn't contest my other points means they're all good ?

Nope, not to car crash victims, I was one! Not to people who slip and break their legs either.

A chef cutting vegetables as a part of his job and cuts his finger or even a stuntment hurt on set would still be eligible for treatment. They are different from the fatties or the winos because the latter constantly consistently do something during a prolonged period which serves to heighten the likelihood of them getting ill.

As opposed to the stuntman, if he's all strapped in securely every time, admittedly his chances of hurting himself are pretty high to start with, but with each subsequent repeat action, the risk does not increase. His 5th year of being a stuntman is just as risky or even less than his 1st day! As opposed to some fat kid stuffing a 1/4 pounder into their gobs for the 25000th time. At least tax those people like the smokers who actually pay more than their expected health care bills over their lifetimes.

So I take the fact you didn't contest my other points means they're all good ?

Basically: cut out managers.

I'd much rather have managers doing the managing than doctors.

Perhaps, but not with all the tiers they have now. You have managers managing managers managing managers.

You are no longer Lindsey Lohan? Illusion shattered.

I have little knowledge of the inner workings of NHS management, but as I think was pretty clearly shown in the run-up to the election managers as a whole are being exploited as scapegoats of waste and inefficiency, when there is a definite need for them.

My friend, who is now a successful corporate lawyer, says that if the NHS wants to operate along corporate lines, it needs to heed corporate principles: no business would employ so many people who don't do what the business is set up to do – namely to treat patients.

Cutting admin requires a complete overhaul in the attitudes of the general population towards the NHS.

Loads of it is providing accountability, or proof that a trust can whip out if they ever get sued showing that 'something was done'.

Take the nursing admission and discharge paperwork 'packs', they are literally like mini books!

(Oh, and if I was health minister I would cut back most of this infection control madness that has swept the NHS and leaving only stuff that was properly and rigorously evidence based. Which numpty decided to ban flowers?)

Think about how much money is save by banning flowers?

I know you're probably trolling, but I'd say approximately 99.9999% of illnesses are self-inflicted. Only a handful of congenital ones aren't.

Would you charge people who are injured in a car crash? Charge somebody who slips and breaks his leg? Charge somebody who is cutting vegetables and slices his finger? It is a slippery slope. A chef is trained to cut vegetables, if he cuts his finger is it still an accident? Should he be charged?

I'm really struggling with this question. What are your thoughts and ideas?