I have just experienced our National Health Service after my father has spent time in hospital. I have some positive experiences and sadly some negative ones also.

Firstly, the staff are absolutely superb - all questions answered and a good back-up system to aid recovery after surgery. The work done was first class and for that I am truly pleased we have such a system in place.

However, there are also some serious shortcomings which I feel need addressing. We all know it is our taxpayer