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Originally Posted by Kizzy
Again who is going to fund this?
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if you read what i said properly, you dont need extra money, money is not always the answer , you just change where the money is going...
1) scrap some health boards and concentrate more into less
2) massive overhaul of who sits on these boards and earns a fortune. why do we need so many people on massive salaraies who are not medically qualified and do not save lives
3) when we build hospital lifts ensure all parts are available long term in this country. many hospital lifts become extoncy effectively after a few yrs as we cant get the parts. this is mindless
4) 4 day on 4 day off work shifts for EVERYONE. this ensures the standards are maintaiend, this massively reduces the waiting lists as hospitals dont half close down at weekends then start up again monday
5) early testing will save a fortune in medication, in staffing, in bed blocking etc
6) getting people scanned and cured ealrier means more people working paying into the system, less people needing sickness benefits...both put more money into the system
7) the stronger ombudesmen will allow contructive criticisms to be made privately and then acted on to improve the system
8) write an nhs constitution so that every buys into the culture and has an over view of what the nhs is for and what its mant to achieve. its for the patients , period
9) gp 2004 contracts scrapped so they must do some out of hours. again takes pressure off the nhs and saves them money long term
10) recruiting staff outside the eu will save billions , at the moment billions are wasted on paying for temporary staffing. outside the eu we can recuit as many doctors and nurses permanently outside the eu , this will save tens of billions
There are almost infinite inefficiencies in the nhs....having a uk wide database for all waiting lists is the best way forward....if you need urgent scanning for kidney stones go on the uk national database and guess what you may get seen in a week rather than 6 months....wouldnt you travel to north wales for a day if it saved you 6 months of agony?
one other massive area they are getting it right in scotland and wrong everywhere else is in scotland
where they have merged the social care with the nhs care udner 1 roof
in england and wales the social are permanently at war with the nhs over who covers what care and who pays for it
its insane and it destroys families too
all under 1 roof....this saves the endless back and forth
it saves the endless ridiculous battles over caring for people at home too
furthermore the nhs need to ensure all patients who do have private care policies actually utilise these policies to cover some of these expenses
for example if you had a £20,000 per annum care policy but your care at home costs £40,000 there is no reason why the patients cant use £20,000 of his policy then the nhs covers the rest....this saves them £20,000 a year
multiply that by the millions cared for at home and your taling billions per annum
this saldy is NOT the way its done now...usually this private policy money is not cashed in and the nhs loses billions and the insurance companies are let off the hook
its just stupid