The NHS’s bureaucracy is torturing patients like me

Keir Starmer says ‘transformative tech’ wizardry will slash hospital and surgery waiting lists. How much more of this mystical mumbo jumbo do we have to suffer, writes James Moore

Keir Starmer has made fixing the NHS a big part of his offer (Getty)

White coat syndrome? I’ve got a chronic case.

Let me explain this for those of you scratching your heads and wondering what I’m talking about.

White coat syndrome is what happens when you have your blood pressure taken at the local hospital or GP’s surgery. Hypertension can look a lot more hyper when the patient is feeling tense, which is quite common in these settings.