Health and efficiency

The people here, they're just meant to be saving lives
But instead we're spending half the day just chasing files
It's all been boiling down to Health And Efficiency
We must be prudent, must cut back effectively and
After twenty-five years of underfunding and neglect
Well what do you expect?

A madman going berserk in A&E
Six-hour waits and the nurses rushed off their feet
You can't open up the beds when they've been sold off
And you can't magick up the staff when they've been laid off
And you can't bring back all the patients who have dropped off
And who'd want to work in the NHS these days?

But BUPA won't let on
That their private healthcare's just a con

You can't just expect quick-fix solutions
When the problem's at the core of the institution
And the improvements that you seek
- well they won't come in weeks, but years
And from the cancer ward to the boardroom
There are voices not being heard and there is doubletalk
And daft performance targets to maximise stress
And half the week without rest.