A sad day for the NHS has arrived, ladies and gentlemen. My hobby is my job and it keeps the wolves from the door. Yesterday (just), I learnt the harsh reality of the state of the NHS, a once powerful flagship of Britain, now, sadly on the verge of crumbling due to untold pressures. We had to pick a woman up to have an X-ray done, and our task was simply to pick her up and convey to the hospital. Not a problem, I thought. We arrived with said patient and the x-ray department informed us that they do not have a bed to put her in. (she could not sit up due to nature of her injury) So they had the bright idea of asking the Accident and Emergency to lend them a bed. Now anyone with the remotest idea of A & E departments will laugh at this remark instantly.

So we trundled round to A & E, patient in tow, to beg for a bed. (I was waiting for the no room at the inn comment, but it never materialised!) Just one look around the department confirmed this was going to be a waste of time. So this lack of resources has caused a problem, we could stay with the patient for who knows how long and delay our return to availability. We then went back to X-ray, they said, to book her in as a patient, normally. So we returned to the A & E department and told them this, after some shuffling round and the good fortune of someone going home, we were given a bed. So the patient got to X-ray, with a bed from A & E, denying the allocation of someone in a more serious condition.

To the average person, a bed is just a bed, but if you proportionally amplify this across the whole NHS, you can see why the people, who do a brilliant, thankless job in whatever capacity are at their wit's end. What will it take for the government to realise this and arrest the dwindling decline of it's own child?

And remember, folks, it's the 7th July - 1 year on since the atrocities of London. Please spare a thought for those that perished, their families and friends. Also spare a thought for those who are putting their lives on the line in order to "fight terrorism", all for the sake of a bit of PR.

Goodnight.

Well, yes, I guess there was. It was "hello". It is this word, rather boring as it looks, that gets used as an initial greeting. Unless the interaction is between drunk people looking for a scrap, in which case it's something like "Outside............. now!"

I think you get the gist. I am just saying hello to anyone that's reading this, if nobody, then I supose I have not told anyone about it.

Well, this will be nothing more than a collection of nonsensical ramblings from a lunatic mind. Just reactions to events we call "life". Feel free to contribute at any given point, start a discussion if you like and see where it goes.

So until reality bites or England do win the world cup........................