Wrong forum FFS!!
I watched this last week, the guy does my head in, interesting none the less however.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCOPZGtvnpo
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Wow, I've never heard about this before. It looks like the NHS is going to be sold off if this Naylor Report is implemented.
Does anybody have any further information about this?
Wrong forum FFS!!
I watched this last week, the guy does my head in, interesting none the less however.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCOPZGtvnpo
does it matter who runs the NHS as long as it remains free at the point of use for all?
I've had a quick read and if used sensibly it could be a good thing, but (and it's a big but) everything is in place for it to turn into a total sell-off. The red flags are the government offering 2-1 on sale prices, a block on capital funding if trusts don't participate, and the 5 year limit (the length of a parliamentary term). There may be more, but those are the ones that jumped out at me.
With the exception of your good self, this place is usually full of wisdom
OurManFlint provided a great link, and I was up to speed on the topic in next to no time.
This message board probably has some members who have direct or indirect knowledge of the NHS, so it is an appropriate question to ask on here. Hopefully it can provide some sensible discussion on a topic that affects every last one of us, and our families.
Arguably, the NHS was sold off years ago when PFI was invented and accounted for around the construction of 100 hospitals. PFI was invented by the Major government but it grew dramatically under Blair's Labour. Interest rates are so scandalously high that the NHS has been virtually bankrupted by repayments.
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/...-a7134881.html
They said people should buy their council houses, they had to bribe them to do it. They said schools should pursue academy status, they had to bribe them to do it. Now they say hospitals should sell 'surplus' land, how will they go about achieving it?
Selling something for what it is worth doesn't count as an efficiency saving.
Correct me if I'm wrong but selling off surplus NHS land has been the policy of both political Parties and the Right to Buy Council houses (though started by the Tories) also carried on under Labour. As for Academies the Labour Government under Tony Blair established academies through the Learning and Skills Act 2000, which amended the section of the Education Act 1996 relating to City Technology Colleges. They were first announced in a speech by David Blunkett, then Secretary of State for Education and Skills, in 2000. (Source Wikipedia)
as a dad i am
Only yesterday i took my 9yr old to Hospital to see a pediatric oral specialist, as my daughter has a hole in a back tooth ( it turns out she must have had a fever when very young and that causes tooth enamel on teeth to be weak as they are " breaking through ", it turns out it is only this one tooth right at the back, which isnt a major issue as the gap will fill in with her teeth moving over
anyways
Our dentist wanted the hospital to take it out under general Anesthetic, he thinks pulling out the very rear one without her being out would be traumatic for her, thus we went to the hospital to see the consultant for the first time yesterday
we discussed it and when i asked the wait time, she said " 12 months plus ", i laughed and said " really " , her reply was " yes, infact by the time we get to do it it could well be closer to 18 months, Mr Blue, the wheels have fallen off "
12 - 18 months to have a tooth out shocking
I have a feeling about it, they are running the NHS down and into the ground so when they do announce its going to be sold of / privatised, we wont really care as we will say " well it was crap anyway " it might not be in my generation, but i guess my daughters