Will NHS Reforms Damage Britain? (read description)

[cj4680]

@NHSinformation nhs nurses and doctors are scum,the way they terrorise and butcher people just so they can have a fucking chat and a laugh,then the way the hide behind there lies,its a fucking disgrace,in fact its the only thing cameron has got right,the nhs is a second rate health sevice,

[NHSinformation]

@cj4680 If you think the NHS is 2nd rate, try the American system, and no they don't "terrorise and butcher" people you idiot, and, to prove the point, if you get run over in the street, you'll be still be hoping someone calls 999

[crazymanstephen]

The problem with this reorganisation is the same as the last half a dozen, the politicians. They maniupulate the NHS to get votes.

lets face it, we are living longer, new treatments are expensive, and there is too much red tape in the NHS. This reorganisation, like its predecessors, will add to the red tape, alienate workers, and create opportunities for spivs and chancers.

we need to remove the NHS from political control to prevent these costly and disruptive reorganisations.

[fredsta786]

they should be called condoms instead of con-dems

[bimblinghill]

I've normally voted Lib Dem in the past, but if they continue to back this nonsense, they can forget my vote in future.

I just don't understand why they're scrapping the PCTs.. the audit office told them it wouldn't save any money & the medical associations have told them that it will make healthcare worse.

[jagara1]

Following on from what you say - did you realise that GP surgeries are privately owned businesses and that many GPs can and do make money on the side seeing private patients in their surgeries...

[NHSinformation]

@jagara1 Yes I'm well aware of this but that's not the problem

[janebusby]

The NHS is the single most important issue to me.

IF THE TORIES & LIB DEMS PUSH THROUGH THESE PLANS I WILL NEVER EVER VOTE FOR EITHER OF THEM EVER AGAIN.

No f*cking joke.

[7jem331]

Expect much of the same for the next few years. The tories dont spend and nobody has cash to invest. This is not new romance 80s David!

[jagara1]

I work for a private medical data analytics company and I have to say that the changes being proposed are likely to be a financial disaster.

The NHS at present buys services from Companies such as mine for very good value as they can buy in bulk.

GP consortia wil probably mean that thre will be less bulk discounting and consequently patients will suffer and the services companies such as mine provide may no longer be provided.

[NHSinformation]

@jagara1 Very interesting comments. In other words legislation forcing GP consortia to purchase the "cheapest" products will actually make bulk buying harder and therefore mean the products aren't the cheapest, so the legislation (yet again) achieves exactly the opposite of what the govt say it's designed to achieve

[Tzimnewman3]

@jagara1 "The NHS at present buys services from Companies such as mine for very good value as they can buy in bulk."

The solution would be to make your company and other medical companies public. Companies should never be making a profit from medicine which is why all medical companies should be owned and run by the people. The mistake was allowing companies to make drugs and then charge high prices for them. I see no reason why cancer drugs have to go up in price every year.

[terrapyn99]

The shadowy puppet masters behind government policy are slowly trying to run down the NHS to allow greedy healthcare corporations access the "the market." The bulk of the sheeple still believe in the farcical "representative" democracy and remain inactive. We need to follow the example of the Tunisians and Egyptians and take to the streets.

[jagara1]

@terrapyn99 I don't think this is where the problem is going to be, in fact the NHS already commissions many services from private companies.

The problem is more likely to be that the NHS will lose it's bargaining power as consortia will not be able to buy in bulk so easily, there will be even more variance in services provided and GP consortia may not be able to coordinate their buying as well as SHAs and PCTs do.

So the postcode lottery may become even more apparent...

[mmartini50]

Thanks for the heads up. We all know this mate, what can we do about it? We're going to look back and rue the day we let these muppets take over the steering wheel...

[NHSinformation]

In the last 24 hours the govt has announced TOTAL U-TURNS on forest privatisation, housing benefit cuts and "lowest price" competition for the NHS, and the BMA London group overwhelmingly voted in favour of total opposition to the NHS reforms. Things are looking VERY good :)

Please keep up your pressure on MPs from all parties to actively oppose NHS reforms, privatisation and cuts