NHS - Safe in New Labours Hands?

[Red Moon]

After reading story after story such as this one "Big shake-up for maternity care (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6334329.stm)" about changes to the NHS I want to pose the question is the "NHS safe in New Labors Hands?"

[easypeasy]

new labour/old tories............ spot the difference

[GiRTh]

I thought Blair wanted the NHS to be the best in the world. What happened?

[Red Moon]

Originally posted by GRiT
I thought Blair wanted the NHS to be the best in the world. What happened?

Doesn't look that way to me.

The government are slowly privatising the NHS by the backdoor. Some of the reasons for this is that it is cheaper to get private contractors to do the work than have the NHS employ their own people. To me this doesn't make sense, these private contractors are working for the NHS to make a profit. More and more services are going to private healthcare companies. When was the last time your GP came out to see you in the middle of the night? Slowly Hospitals are becoming public funded companies. How long before they become real companies and are floated on the stock exchange to raise extra revenue?

[GiRTh]

Originally posted by Red Moon
Originally posted by GRiT
I thought Blair wanted the NHS to be the best in the world. What happened?

Doesn't look that way to me.

The government are slowly privatising the NHS by the backdoor. Some of the reasons for this is that it is cheaper to get private contractors to do the work than have the NHS employ their own people. To me this doesn't make sense, these private contractors are working for the NHS to make a profit. More and more services are going to private healthcare companies. When was the last time your GP came out to see you in the middle of the night? Slowly Hospitals are becoming public funded companies. How long before they become real companies and are floated on the stock exchange to raise extra revenue?

I didn't know that. Is that what all the demonstrations were about?