The NHS

I find it very hard to understand the clamor to throw money at the NHS, in my mind much money is actually thrown away by hospitals being made to buy from a selected list of companies!, who can charge any rate they want, why is it that they can't by competitively buying on the open market, the size of a NHS hospital would I am sure be able to buy at very competitively priced  goods, but no they have to buy where they are told! how silly is that?, would you and your family deliberately buy at the most expensive shops no of course not you shop for the best buy, that is called budgeting some thing that the hospital management seem to have no idea about, they go along merrily spending money as if the pot is overflowing instead of being in the red,  there seem to be to many managers by far, I have had to go into hospital to be admitted, given  time of 7.30 am to be there, but you have to ring the ward bed manager at 8.30 / 9 am to see if they have a bed for you!!, do the staff on the ward not know if the bed will be available??, they obviously don't or you would not need someone to tell them this or that bed will be empty for you to be admitted, and of course food my favorite gripe, as I have said before steamed food that they dish up in my brand new hospital (only a few years old) is at times disgusting, unappetizing and looks really horrible, many on the wards go to the restaurant to get decent food, or get the family to bring it in, my problem is I am unable to walk any distance so have to grin and bear it, not funny when you are very ill, I have every respect for the medical staff but even they could save some of the equipment that they use at times like it was free to them, once I was brought in by ambulance the paramedic fitted a cannula but on arriving at A&E it was taken out and replaced no one knew why, what a waste of time and resources yes the NHS is good on the medical side but the management is awful!!!.