Save our NHS from Johnson
■ I’M left wondering if the Government is not aiming for a form of herd immunity by refusing to bring in the restrictions seen in Wales and Scotland. There is no consideration for the effect this is having on the NHS, which could well implode if the measures demanded by nursing unions aren’t implemented immediately.
But this is probably the whole point as the Tories have always been opposed to the NHS ever since its inception in 1948.
England needs a lockdown to save the NHS before it is too late.
Phil Brand, South West London
■ Why is nothing being done to rid us of Boris Johnson? He’s not running the country, he’s ruining it.
The NHS is in a critical condition with patients contracting Covid in hospital and suspected heart attack patients being told to get a lift (Mirror, January 5).
If the Government had acted more swiftly, the situation would not be this bad. Restrictions should have been put in place earlier.
I feel ashamed to say that I was one of those who voted Johnson in – now I want to be one of those to get him out before he damages this country any further.
Florence Rooke, Liverpool
■ I am getting increasingly angered by the news and certain Tory MPs referring to staff “absences” in the NHS.
These individuals are not “absent”, which implies a deliberate choice to stay off work. They are off – sick through Covid and stress caused by this inept
and uncaring Government. This stress leads to, among other things, depression, PTSD and a general feeling of not being valued by the public who don’t grasp that the problems with the NHS are a direct result of Tory policies.
R Kimble, Leeds
■ Since the unvaccinated are now taking up the majority of Covid beds, is it not time to send people who actively choose not to protect themselves against the virus to private hospitals, where they can pay for their treatment?
This would immediately reduce pressure on the NHS.
It’s a national disgrace that cancer patients and others in need of urgent treatment can’t get hospital beds as they are being taken up by selfish people who think only of themselves.
Mike Platt, Oldham, Gtr Manchester
■ Your report states about half of all nurses are contemplating leaving the
NHS (Mirror, December 30). Who can blame them?
They are underpaid, undervalued, overwhelmed and completely demoralised by the lack of investment and the lies trotted out by Tory ministers.
Very soon in this country, it will be healthcare for those who can afford it, and stuff those who can’t. Bernard Evans
Rhondda Cynon Taf
■ Reading about the chronic staff shortages in the NHS and the lack of beds, perhaps it’s time the Government called a national emergency and commandeered private hospitals using staff trained at taxpayers’ expense?
These private hospitals should be used to free up beds for the rest of the pandemic.
J Randall, Leeds
■ The NHS has been chronically underfunded for years and I fear will buckle under the pressure of Covid and staff shortages.
The only way to solve this crisis in the long term is to put up taxes even further to directly fund the NHS. But no government wants to do that.
Helen Baker, Norwich, Norfolk