Spare Parts: An NHS Waiting List Rap on Hip Replacements

September 21, 2026

Spare Parts: rap-style poem and song 🎵

Spare Parts

𝘈𝘯 𝘕𝘏𝘚 𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘙𝘢𝘱

There are too many old people
needing spare parts,
legs, knees, hips,
new hearts.

On the NHS—
a year for a consult,
another year for an op.
Need a new leg?
You’ll just have to hop.

Dates moved forward,
dates moved back,
if delay is long enough
you might snuff.

There are too many old people
needing spare parts—
legs, knees, hips.
Where to start?

If you wait
for the NHS
it might be too late—


Go private.


_{—Lesley Scoble, September 2026}

Audio — Spare Parts 🎵

A rap-style commentary

Spare Parts | Lyrics and Sound Design©️Lesley Scoble | Performed by AI Singer

Notes:
My rap poem is inspired by the growing demand for joint replacements and the long waiting times faced by many NHS patients.

The NHS waiting list remains one of the most visible challenges facing modern healthcare.

Image Credit:
Featured image created by the author with the assistance of Microsoft Copilot.

Thanks:
My gratitude and thanks to you, the reader, for popping by.

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6 responses to “Spare Parts: rap-style poem and song 🎵”

Aptivi

September 21, 2026 at 12:37 pm

Great poem, and I enjoyed the song 👍☺️

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1. lesleyscoble
  
  September 21, 2026 at 12:47 pm
  
  Thanks so much, Aptivi. Delighted you enjoyed it. 🤗
  
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  1. Aptivi
    
    September 21, 2026 at 1:05 pm
    
    My pleasure, Lesley 🤗
    
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brazannemuse

September 21, 2026 at 12:38 pm

Oh this is so painfully true!!! I had an NHS Physio referral. 2 online questionnaires completed revealed I needed to be passed to Musculoskeletal – so a telephone appointment was made where she discussed exercises over the phone and told me I had to do them right of they wouldn’t work.!! IF I needed more help in a month to give them a call and ask to see someone …. A whole 6 weeks to get that far… Called private physio, seen within days, but want me to go back to GP for more scans … I can’t just see GP – it has to be run via the online triage, where they text you back … 🙈

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1. lesleyscoble
  
  September 21, 2026 at 12:46 pm
  
  The system is broken. I had eight consultation appointments moved between October and August of the following year. Eventually, the physiotherapist at my GP surgery said there was nothing more he could do for me. At last, I got my NHS consultation, only to be told that the waiting list for the operation was another year…
  
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  1. brazannemuse
    
    September 21, 2026 at 12:47 pm
    
    😩. How are you doing…? 💞
    
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