I win the dreaming

Woke up briefly at 3am from a dream which combined Bloom County with Scrubs (with Milo being JD). There were also songs, but I'm darned if I can remember the contents.

The NHS is great!

Figures from a recent Guardian story:

The NHS workforce has grown at an unprecedented rate since Labour came to power in 1997. There are 10,000 more consultants (up 49%), 85,000 more nurses (up 27%), nearly 6,000 more GPs (up 20%) and 16,000 more therapists and technicians (up 36%). Most of this growth has occurred since 2000, when the government's NHS reform plan set ambitious targets for reducing waiting times and improving patient care.

was at the bottom of this piece on projected staffing level problems in 2011. The figures above do seem to indicate that the NHS is in vastly better shape than it was - anyone care to offer contradictory information?