Take heed good folks of Pershore

With our cottage hospital, all is not well

For despite lots of empty promises

Casualty has been closed for a 4 month spell!

It seems that a bank nurse is too hard to find

And no other staff available to offer relief

Perhaps the scenario would be somewhat different

If there were more Indians in the NHS than chiefs.

As for Blair and Brown's promise of lots of cash

Intended to put our NHS back on a roll

Well, that's like continually filling a bucket with water

And then realising it has a dirty big hole.

Its about time that patient care came first

And NHS staff given proper resources

More auxiliaries are needed to take pressure off

And to stop flogging the 'willing horses'.

Too much money is wasted on talking shops

Like 'reflective practice' and 'clinical governance'

When most staff would prefer just to do their job

Without constant government interference.

And now Blair has made this new promise

For you to see a Doctor within 24 hours

Never mind that to see a Consultant takes months

That's hard to see from their ivory towers.

Meanwhile, our local casualty remains closed

Surely the time has come to make a real fuss

But don't worry, if the Asylum seekers do arrive

They'll get all the healthcare they need and blow us!

COUN MRS TRUDY BURGE, Church Street, Pershore.