Well in 2 hours I will have retired from the NHS. Definitely the right time to go with morale at its lowest, probably ever. A totally target driven Government which basically means more surgery is carried out on the least urgent cases (because they are quicker to do). These targets do not in anyway address conditions that cause long term suffering and disability such as, Arthritis, MS, Diabetes,cardiac conditions ( the wait for a cardiac ECHO can be a year) back problems (wait for MRI more that a year) Head Injury needing rehabilitation etc etc. Before this Government started to meddle your GP could send you anywhere in the country now 'you' have a 'choice' of 5 centers regardless of the expertise available. If God forbid you have Chronic Pain, Chronic Fatigue or Depression, the chances of you getting the correct therapy to improve quality of life is almost nil, since the PCTs (GPs) will not pay for the treatment ie Post Code discrimination. There is a lot of bloody suffering out there and the politicians in power are not aware of it and if they are they obviously do give a ****