Mrs D I dont personally know you , but I know youve been here helping folk selflessly for years , if there was ever such a thing as co-op run health service Id trust you with my life before any doctor .

From my perspective i see the problem lies in education and the whole nature of money and payment.

Part of caring service is the fact is supposed to be about caring , but whats misleading is that most of these people doing do not care at all.

The main reasons i see for this are.

a ) Science and empathy do not mix unless its for something they believe in i.e. global warming , or greater ideals - not individual cases

b ) Doctors are being paid far too much for service they dont deliver ( simply referring you or giving you drugs does not justify 7 yrs in medical school )

c ) The payment attracts the wrong type of people ie.. the very sort who would happily have no qualms about selling out folk with bad care so they can get money

d ) No one seems to be checking to see if Doctors are " updating " their knowledge so they always have excues to refer you ( how convienient ) or give you passive care i.e. drugs.

e ) The whole emphais of health care in the uk at least is on passive care , not treating the problem but simply masking the pain , you dont need to be Einstein to see why ..

Just some of them IMO.

m