I think we could all tell stories of what would be good and bad about the NHS - and get opinions of what's right or wrong. But it is the simple things that could save large amounts of money I would like to highlight just two or three...

I've had two wrong prescriptions in the last 6 months - and been told  'don't worry just throw them in the bin' - 'the chemist won't have them back'. Crazy as the blister sealed capsules had been unopened, collected from the pharmacy, removed from the paper bag and taken straight into the surgery (next door) to point out their mistake!

I told one of my clients who has a severe form of arthritis about this - he said it happened to him, he had some EpiPen's delivered direct to his home - they were the incorrect ones, he took them back to his surgery to be told to dispose of them - they cost over £200!!!

My daughter has been a monitored for a heart condition since a baby - at Birmingham Childrens hospital. In the early years she had 6 monthly appointments, then sincethe age of ten, yearly appointments. I would say practically every appointment has been cancelled and the date changed. We have on a couple of occasions then had to change it again because it then conflicted with holiday commitments. This must have cost a fortune in both time and money.

I was telling a neighbour about this - she has regular eye appointments at Wolverhampton Eye Infirmary - apparently she says she has exactly the same thing happen regularly - cancelled and reissued appointments.

I saw recently that hospitals could save a fortune on disabled equipment - crutches, trays and various aids - if only more of us would return them. What a load of carp! When my father in law died five years ago, we tried to return all sorts of things and were told to just dispose of them as they could not have them back due to health and safety issues.

We appear to cater for every foreign language on the planet in the UK - and leaflets and brochures are available to suit! How much does that cost? I have friends in France who are British and they will tell you - if you don't speak the language that's tough in France - they will try and help but they don't waste a fortune catering for non speaking Frenchman.