18 wildest NHS reform ideas - Arteta in charge, IKEA deal and pubs on wards

Wes Streeting and Keir Starmer person called for views connected however to shake-up the NHS - but whitethorn beryllium wishing they didn't.

The Government has launched a "national conversation" connected the aboriginal of the wellness service, urging patients, unit and different funny groups to person their say. But officials person been forced to measurement successful aft the nationalist came up with immoderate chaotic ideas - including partnering with Wetherspoons, putting Mikel Arteta successful complaint and backing services with slot machines.

Other ideas see making Matt Hancock Health Secretary for life, expanding capableness by utilizing bunk beds and turning Buckingham Palace into a hospital. Responses volition beryllium utilized by the Government to assistance signifier its 10 twelvemonth program for the NHS, shifting services from hospitals to communities.

While the responses see plentifulness of sensible ideas astir supporting NHS staff, backing and accountability, online jokers person had a batch to accidental too. Department of Health officials accidental they've had to region oregon fell worldly that is "clearly inappropriate oregon irrelevant".

Here we look astatine immoderate of the much bizarre ideas that person been enactment forward.

1. Partnership with Wetherspoons

One proposition is that patients could beryllium allowed booze with their meals. It suggests that this could "raise morale" and promote radical to get amended faster.

NHS bosses could adjacent spouse with pub concatenation JD wetherspoons >Wetherspoon, the writer wrote. They said: "Allow patients to person wine, beers, spirits etc with their meals to rise morale. Maybe opening a pub successful infirmary would promote them to get amended quicker and escaped up beds."

It past helpfully goes on: "Wetherspoons could spouse with the NHS."

2. Put Mikel Arteta successful charge

One thought Mr Streeting tin see is putting the Arsenal manager successful complaint of the wellness service.

But the rationale seems beauteous mean spirited. A proposition connected the consultation tract says: "The Government should enactment Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta successful complaint of the NHS.

"Then hospitals would lone illness successful March and April each year, alternatively than earlier Christmas arsenic they usually do."

3. Rename the NHS 'NHS-y McNHSFace'

Sigh.

A motion to the dreaded Boaty McBoatface fiasco erstwhile the nationalist was asked for opinions to sanction a probe vas backmost successful 2016. One proposition is that the NHS could bash the same.

One idiosyncratic wrote: "Put it to a nationalist vote. There are virtually tens of america successful favour of this."

4. Make Boris Johnson wage the £350million a week helium promised

Feelings are inactive moving precocious implicit the infamous Brexit run autobus claiming the NHS would bask a immense currency injection aft leaving the EU.

The tongue-in-cheek proposition states: "The NHS needs much cash. We nonstop it to Boris each week. Let's money our NHS instead."

5. Turn Buckingham Palace into a hospital

It has a batch of room, and could beryllium adjuvant successful a clip of nationalist crisis.

James Wilcox suggested it would beryllium an perfect spot to manus implicit to the NHS. He wrote: "Buckingham Palace precise bully determination for hospital."

6. Madatory clapping for NHS staff

Another proposition is bringing backmost the Thursday evening clapping for NHS workers - and denying attraction to those who don't articulation in.

It states: "Anyone who does not clap should beryllium denied aboriginal attraction since they person made it wide they don't attraction astir the NHS. This would prevention a batch of costs of treatement and would bring backmost immoderate overmuch needed societal cohesion to this country."

7. Put comic tweets and Rick Astley prank connected the walls

According to Frank Harper, this volition rise spirits among patients and staff.

He wrote: "Putting up memes connected the walls of NHS hospitals and GP surgeries could truly assistance assistance the spirits of some patients and staff." Mr Harper suggested a "a meme specified arsenic a Rick Roll" - which sees unsuspecting victims sent a nexus to Rick Astley videos - would work.

He wrote: "For patients, seeing thing comic mightiness conscionable instrumentality their minds disconnected their worries, adjacent if conscionable for a moment. For doctors and nurses, it’s a small reminder that it's good to person a laughter amidst.hard work, it'll assistance everyone consciousness much connected and lightening the temper during those different agelong and depressive days."

8. Larry the Cat for Health Secretary

Downing Street favored Larry is simply a unifying fig successful the world of politics.

But does helium merit a spot astatine the apical table? One NHS idiosyncratic thinks so, putting guardant a proposition that simply says: "Larry for Health Secretary."

9. Or... marque Matt Hancock Health Secretary for life

Putting Larry successful complaint is astir apt a amended thought than this.

The consultation has led to a telephone for erstwhile Tory Health Secretary-turned TV prima Matt Hancock to beryllium fixed his clasp occupation back. One user, Johannes Vork said: "Take america backmost to the crockery days of 2019."

Thankfully this 1 is improbable to summation immoderate traction nether the caller Labour Government.

10. Get IKEA to furnish hospitals

One suggestion, from a idiosyncratic who calls themselves Slay Queen, suggests furnishings spending would plummet if the Swedish retail elephantine came onboard.

It says: "The NHS spends excessively overmuch connected furniture. Partner with IKEA and get them to furnish each hospitals and GP surgeries. Get them to tally our infirmary canteens it would beryllium amended than the slop. Give america inexpensive meatballs."

11. Rent retired cinema seats

It has been suggested that the NHS should rent retired bare seats successful cinemas.

An thought posted connected the consultation tract says: "Cinemas request a boost - often bare station pandemic. We request infirmary beds. People similar films. People person intelligence wellness issues.

"Solution - the NHS rents retired bare seats successful cinemas truthful radical tin ticker a movie whilst they're waiting to beryllium seen oregon nether observations. Win win?"

12. Ban onions and celery

Another thought Mr Streeting volition person to mull implicit is whether onions and celery person had their day.

One proposition says that they should beryllium outlawed for the greater good. It states: "Ban onions and celery for the bully of nationalist health. They are not nutrient and thing bully ever comes from eating them."

13. Turn the heating down a bit

Claire Bradshaw said that hospitals tin beryllium excessively lukewarm - and addressing this could prevention immoderate cash.

She wrote: "After spending respective days successful an overly blistery ward and proceeding some patients & nurses kick astir the temperature, it struck maine if heating settings were lowered by 1 grade crossed the NHS past a immense magnitude of wealth would beryllium saved annually."

14. Replace azygous beds with bunk beds

This attack could summation infirmary capacity, 1 idiosyncratic has suggested.

One introduction connected the consultation tract says: "If each exigency infirmary furniture was a double-decker, this would treble the capableness of A&E wards and trim waiting lists.

"Also it would cheer up the patients who get to spell connected the apical bunk."

15. Put jukeboxes successful hospitals

This would rise spirits, apparently.

Adam Coles wrote: "I deliberation it would assistance rise the spirits of patients if they could petition euphony to beryllium played. Dizzee Rascal could summation the probability of betterment by a immense amount."

16. Free yearly barroom if you don't usage the NHS

Jon Berneray wrote: "For each twelvemonth that you don't usage the NHS, you should beryllium awarded a cake. If you tin marque a concatenation of respective consecutive years, past you level-up to a larger cake. For example, if you person nary usage of the NHS, its services oregon resources, for 25 years past you are awarded a monolithic wedding-sized cake.

"As good arsenic being an inducement to enactment distant from the NHS and frankincense escaped up services for different people, this inaugural would beryllium a powerfully beneficial boost to the UK bakery sector."

17. Put slot machines successful hospitals to rise cash

One proposition says: "Slot machines are a highly profitable point successful casinos and pubs. By placing them successful hospitals, particularly successful high-traffic areas similar waiting rooms, the NHS could make important passive income for investing successful caller instrumentality oregon hiring staff.

"It besides keeps patients entertained whilst waiting for their consultations. We each cognize what it's similar having to hold successful a stinky country with a clump of sick people, truthful wherefore not easiness the unit by winning a fewer quid?"

18. Privatise everything

This was a communal taxable successful consultation responses. One, which Mr Streeting would beryllium minded to ignore, states: "Privatise everything privbatise it marque it backstage crook everything backstage I privation a contactless constituent astatine each doorway successful each doorway successful each building."

It goes connected to say: "I don't privation queues nary waiting lists, conscionable marque it backstage let the terms mechanics to enactment for heaven's involvement convey you."