Reflection: of Angels

Pick your favourite search engine, switch to "images" mode, and search for "cartoon equality justice".  All being well the first image will be a three picture cartoon, of three people trying to look over a wall, one tall, one average and one short.

Whether you agree with the labels, the way it distinguishes "equality" from "justice" (they work for me, although I might prefer "fairness" to "justice") is a brilliant way of summing up the care I and all my fellow patients are getting from the NHS and its Angels.

• Equality:  The processes and proceedures of the clinic, as I think we would all expect, must treat us all equally - we all get the same excellent service from the British NHS, without exception, who ever we are and whatever our need.
• Justice (or Fairness):  But the magic is then in the people of the NHS, who recognise we are all different, that some need more care and attention than others in order for us all to be able to "see over the fence".

(And I have to say, to avoid any doubt, that we all recogise without a moment's hesitation fairness means giving more to those who need more.)