Poo Train and NHS Derailment

In the Oldie, a doctor was using the analogy of a train with many carriages to explain the passage of poo through the system, and said that having a crap was just dropping off one or two of these carriages. So when someone tells you you're full of shit, this is literally true, but then, so are they.

Talking of which, on listening to Radio 4, some GP rep was suggesting that with the government's new funding system, some GPs might spend most of their time dealing with the funds, while nurses took care of 'disease management'. So we'll see even less of the GPs. Dear me. I am wondering whether the whole budget for the NHS should be handed to the patients, who could then pay for services. It is ridiculous to keep overhauling the NHS for what seem to me to be purely political reasons. Complain though I will about the administration layers, from a personal standpoint, apart from out of hours services, the NHS is working quite well. Certainly blood testing, diagnosis, and appointments (when sent direct from the hospital concerned) have improved considerably.