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Originally Posted by arista

They think they can use it to further the dismantling of the NHS (which is what they want) but apparently they think that if it all fails and they can truly move to privatisation, hundreds of thousands of private nurses will just suddenly pop into existence, like the private companies have them stored in a unit somewhere. It's the same nurses! They're going to implode the NHS and then their private buddies will set up, and find that there are no trained nurses left to hire.

Everyone I know who works in healthcare, if a freshed-faced young school leaver was to approach them and ask them what the best way to get into a healthcare career is, they would just say "the best thing to do is... don't do it."

Sad, sad situation.