Health writer Clapping for the NHS during Covid may have been “dangerous” the health service ombudsman has said, because, “no organisation can be a national religion”. Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to The Southern Reporter, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you. In an interview with , Rebecca Hilsenrath, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman said: “no organisation should be beyond constructive criticism”.
Advertisement Advertisement The health service ombudsman commented: “There is an argument I have heard that clapping for the NHS during the pandemic was quite a dangerous thing to do.” Continuing: “because no organisation can be a national religion, and no organisation should be beyond constructive criticism. I don’t think that it is helpful for any organisation to be treated as religion.
” The comments come as the NHS is struck by rising complaints, with evidence submitted to an investigation into the NHS led by Professor Lord Darzi revealing that out of 27,479 complaints about the NHS in England to the ombudsman between 2023 to 2024 two in three were partly upheld. Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson told : “The NHS is broken but we are determined to get it back on its feet so it can be there for all of us when we need it. “We will be honest about the challenges facing the health service and will work to tackle them.
The independent investigation into the NHS by Lord Darzi is a step towa.