[Nedusa]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Is any of what you mention any reason to rid the UK of the NHS Nedusa... Not as I see it, and I disagree with your very unfair view of this great service.
Can you imagine for a minute if there was no NHS, what would be the fate of those with no insurance to access private services, how ethical is that potential death sentence?
Who is to say that private enterprise is better, in fact we have more evidence especially when it comes to care of the elderly.

If anyone wishes to pay for private healthcare that is their prerogative, but remember that the advent of the NHS was part of the bigger picture as maintaining a civilised society by ridding us of the 5 giants.... who wants those to return?

It's also not fair to blame the NHS for how much big pharma charge for their medications, there has to be a line drawn as there is of course even if you have insurances there are some things for which you are not covered unless you have specific premiums.

I think in all seriousness the fact of the matter is we take the service we have for granted, why are we not angry that it has been allowed to be run into the ground? that there are those who are benefiting...

'75 MPs have recent or present financial links to companies or individuals involved in private healthcare; 81% of these are Conservative.

4 Key members of the Associate Parliamentary Health Group have parliamentarians with financial connections to companies or individuals involved in healthcare.

Nearly 40% of the most powerful individuals in healthcare are from companies with links to Lords and MPs.

4 MPs and 1 Lord have worked for Huntsworth Health, run by a Peer who gave money to Cameron’s leadership campaign.

All were able to vote on the Health and Social Care Bill (now Act), despite having a prejudicial interest, which would not have been allowed at local council level. Why are parliamentarians exempt from standards applied to others?'

https://nursebloginternational.wordp...n-the-nhs-pie/

I agree with a lot of the points you raise , really I do but I still have to ask why is the NHS being run into the ground, who is running it into the ground ?

With billions being spent on it every year, if it really is as you say "running into the ground" then we have a serious problem.

No amount of money is going to fix this, perhaps it's finally time to admit that this wonderful, lovable envy of the world healthcare system is on its last legs unable to cope due to years of mis-management with vast areas under funded whilst some areas are over funded and over mangaged.

It is too big, too old and needs to be put out of its misery. If it were a dog we could take it round to the back of the shed and give it both barrels.

But sadly we are stuck with this behemoth that literally sucks our taxes into a black hole.

We need to think now of ways to spread the burden of healthcare across all sectors, encourage people to take out personal private health cover like in many Countries. Our livestyles can then count towards our premiums as can our amount of usage.

Hospitals can be sold off or demolished and private enterprise brought in to help with a new massive building program of new Hospitals and Medical centres, A&E centres.

Free Healthcare for all sounds great and was needed 60 years ago, but the World has moved on since then and trying to cling onto an aging decrepid giant like this does no one any favours.

The NHS needs to go and it needs to go sooner rather than later.






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