There is an English translation as below, this belongs to my way of thinking and belief. Thank you very much.

ロンドンに戻り、久しぶりにロイヤルフリーホスピタルの補完医療チームの元リーダーであったキースハントと再会をしました。キースの素晴らしいところは、その人間力の高さとユーモアあるところです。私が以前プレゼントで渡した柴犬のT-シャツを着て、私が駅の出口を間違えないように、先回りをしてまってくれてました。

駅のカフェで、キースと話をした際にみえたのがイギリスの現実でした。以前からも話にはきいてましたがインフレ率が高いです。例えば公共料金は４０％アップ、食料品については２０％アップもです。更にこれだけ物価があがっているのに、生活するお給料が上がってない。電車のストライキ、病院にいるナースや若い医者によるストライキをはじめ、多くの人が個々の生活や家族を守るために立ち上がっていました。

ストライキは大事ですが、病院やケアホームにいるナースまでに及ぶと、残された高齢者や患者は本当に大打撃です。そういったのを防ぐのが政府であり、素早いアクションが必要にもかかわらず、遅々とし進んでないのように私は思えました。キースは英国のNHSサービスは国のプライドともいわれいたのに、ここまで崩壊して残念で仕方ないと話していました。

金持ちはより金持ちに、そして貧しい人はより貧しい社会になっているのではと私は危惧しております。

One of my favorite things about my UK stay in 2023 was to meet up with Keith Hunt whose is my mentor as well as an ex-leader of complementary services at the Royal Free Hospital. Keith has always a sense of humor even in difficult times and he really has great humanity.
He just showed up before me wearing a Shiba ken T-shirts which I gave him as a present.
He was grinning when he found me at the station.

At cafe, I felt as if I was able to have a look the UK reality through conversations with Keith because It surprised me to know that food rate has risen up 20 %, and besides, utility fare has almost gone up to 40 %. The increase has already impacted on each household expenditures. Furthermore, the basic wage has not increased yet to catch up the high inflation speed. One after another, strike action has been continued by train drivers, nurses and young doctors, and so on.

Going on a strike is a very important action for nurses and young doctors to support their life, but it is troublesome for elderly who stays at their care home and patient at the ward at the hospital. They are really left behind their care services. I feel the UK government should take a lead to avoid those strikes to protect them. Keith then told me that the UK NHS health care services used to be our national pride, but it has now been decayed and its budget has been stretched too.
I think the richer are get more richer, the poor people are much poorer. Those discrepancy creates more labor strike and chaos in the UK.

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