To the tune of ‘With God on our side’ by Bob Dylan.
For twenty six years now A GP I’ve been And many’s the number Of patients I’ve seen They’ve come with their sickness In times of distress But where will they go when There’s no NHS?
Way back when I started I always did know To those who required one An ambulance would go But now it’s uncertain And its anyone’s guess How the sick they will fare when There’s no NHS
And those who are ailing Two things they should dread For hospital treatment Will there be a bed? And those caring for them Will they cope with the stress? Of not enough nurses In the NHS
In primary care too The future looks dire Cos there’s not the doctors That we now require And so I must tell you I sadly confess That I fear for the future Of the NHS
At A&E centres The waits they’re so long That patients are dying Which has to be wrong And now as the talk turns To deaths in excess I wonder how long ‘till There’s no NHS.
Now some say the future’s In private healthcare Though few can afford it As you’ll be aware And those without money They’ll never the less Still pay a high price when There’s no NHS.
With apologies to Bob Dylan. An audio version can be heard by following this link
For those who wish to, you can hear his 1964 recording of ‘With God on our side’, by following the link below.
For other medically themed songs for which I take full responsibility, follow the links below. Audio versions are available for those marked with an asterisk.
Nothing particularly interesting to say about myself other than after 27 years working as a GP, I was delighted, at the start of December 2023, to start work as the South West Regional Representative of the Slavic Gospel Association (SGA). You can read about what they do at sga.org.uk.
I am also an avid Somerset County Cricket Club supporter and a poor example of a Christian who likes to put finger to keyboard from time to time and who is foolish enough to think that someone out there might be interested enough to read what I've written.
Some of these blogs have grown over time and some portions of earlier blogs reappear in slightly different forms in later blogs. I apologise for the repetition.
If you are involved in a church in the southwest of England and would like to hear more of SGA’s work, do get in touch. I’d love to come and talk a little, or even a lot, about what they get up to!.
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4 thoughts on “WHEN THERE’S NO NHS”
Oh so true, a tragedy!!! How long will it take for the message to get through to the Government? Sadly it feels a bit like Titanic’s maiden voyage …. though we cannot wait another 111 years for it to sink!
Being in the states, healthcare is extremely expensive. The monthly insurance premiums alone can cripple a family and if someone gets seriously ill, it is often devastating. Of course, here, we hear about the difficult in getting treatment where socialized medicine is the norm.
Oh so true, a tragedy!!! How long will it take for the message to get through to the Government? Sadly it feels a bit like Titanic’s maiden voyage …. though we cannot wait another 111 years for it to sink!
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Being in the states, healthcare is extremely expensive. The monthly insurance premiums alone can cripple a family and if someone gets seriously ill, it is often devastating. Of course, here, we hear about the difficult in getting treatment where socialized medicine is the norm.
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In the UK we have been fortunate to have the NHS these past 75 years. It will be a great shame if it is lost.
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It would be a great loss.
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