An interesting observation

My blog has been pretty quiet of late due to the arrival of my little girl and the turmoil that happy occasion has brought. I've been burning to write this blog since her arrival. A simple observation on life in the UK health service these days. My wife works as a hospice Doctor at the wonderful Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice in Farnham. Its a charity rather than an NHS concern (NHS donate just 15% of funds). I mention that because by comparison to our maternity ward at St. Peter's, Chertsey, where you would expect a wealth of people to overwhelmed with joy for their new family member, you have instead a pretty miserable, bitter place that to be honest is far less preferable to her hospice where people are sadly in their final days but couldn't be in a brighter happier place. How strange.