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Originally Posted by ArchAngel
Amazing post Joey, 3 billion is 3 billion it would stabilize vulnerable A&E services that are struggling in key areas for instance.
Maybe if it was spread out it wouldn't be felt but it would ease the pressure and that would impact in patient care. Not that I think that that's the intention here.... The only thing the conservatives plan to do to save money is to restrict services, it's starting now..
'Despite every effort from the renal community – led by NKF and the All Party Parliamentary Kidney Group (APPKG), NKF learnt yesterday that Ministers have decided that as from April 1st 2015 Dialysis will be commissioned by Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG’s) and that NHSEngland will no longer be responsible for dialysis.'
http://www.kidney.org.uk/home/news-2...ioning-status/
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I remember 2 different kids both dying in the same week because there were no Renal Dialysis machines to treat them, and that's over 20 years ago Kizzy. £10 billion's not enough, but I guess £3 billion's a start - if it is
not swallowed up by admin costs and actually does reach patient care.