Last week I wrote a blog post on “The NHS is killing us” – see https://roliscon.blog/2024/04/12/the-nhs-is-killing-us/ . Last night I had a dialysis session and after watching a couple of old movies I turned over to the BBC Parliament Channel and was surprised to see my sister (Baroness Murphy) speaking on a debate on NHS sustainability – recording here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001yg9p/house-of-lords-sustainability-of-the-nhs?seriesId=unsliced&page=1 .
She made a good contribution and there were several others. Often from people very knowledgeable about the NHS (for example by sister worked in it for many years and latterly chaired an NHS trust).
Many people think the House of Lords should be replaced by an elected body or similar but it actually does good work as it’s now full of people who are expert in their fields. Perhaps the hereditary peers should go but otherwise I would leave it unchanged.
Roger Lawson (Twitter: https://twitter.com/RogerWLawson )
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