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.