NHS Privatisation

This video explains how the government's NHS White paper will result in the privatisation of the majority of the NHS. The government has no mandate to do this. Please contact your MP and tell him or her that you are not in favour of these plans.

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[radicalsystems]

The National Hell Service

Elderly patients were left hungry, thirsty and in pain

Mum, 74, died in ‘do not resuscitate’ note blunder

[richardblogger]

@radicalsystems Every day there 380,000 NHS outpatients, 1 million people see an NHS GP and 180,000 are in an NHS hospital. Poor care is never excusable, but we will find that after this disgraceful Bill is passed it will be harder for the NHS to give good care. The inadequate, inefficient for-profit private hospitals are incapable of delivering good care at that scale.

[BasilFawlty4444]

meh.

The next Labour government will just reverse it.

[richardblogger]

@BasilFawlty4444 Good. Yet another reason to vote for them

[richardblogger]

Hi figures were from the annual report of my local PCT. Its best if you look at the board papers of your PCT about March, April time and look at the finance report. Proportions will be similar to the ones I used.

[spfanluke]

On the 17th of May there is going to be a mass protest against the changes to the NHS, please invite your friends and spread the word, it needs to be huge if we want it to have an impact. OUR HEALTH SERVICE NOT FOR SALE – MARCH TO SAVE THE NHS Tuesday 17 May 5.30pm UCH, Gower St, WC1 (Euston/Euston Sq/Warren St)

[richardblogger]

@Saberhagen19243 Ah now this is the big question. The government is planning to bring in personal budgets which (in a time of austerity) will limit the care you can have for free. Many health policy experts say that this will lead to top-ups (which happen already, whatever you buy at a pharmacist is essentially a top-up), but as austerity bites the top-ups will be needed for more essential care. Look at the charges for dentistry: that's what personal budgets will lead to.

[FairySweetness]

@radicalsystems Fine, use your money, and go private. Dividing the NHS up will not solve that kind of problem. In order to save money so the private businesses can make a profit corners will be cut and staffing levels will be reduced, leaving fewer staff to care for elderly patients. That is if they make it into hospital. Many will be refused treatment as their age will leave them with many co-morbidities meaning their treatment will be more complex, costly and less profitable.

[BasilFawlty4444]

@antfmcman I don't know about reversed, but for all their faults, the last Labour government did an awful lot of good for the NHS.

[antfmcman]

@BasilFawlty4444 Tell me what the last Labour government reversed.

[leftgrrl]

Thatcher might have started the privatisation business on the NHS but Labour really put some welly into it - more and more of our NHS budget each year is going to pay off their PFI stupidity, short-term headlines about building hospitals in the 90s not mentioning it was on the never-never and at the cost of patient care today.

[radicalsystems]

@Rjimppy thatcher started the privatisation business..

[radicalsystems]

@richardblogger what bothers me is the murdoch press who are cleaerly doing all they can to descredit the NHS so that the wonder cure of privatisation will 'rescue' it,,,its a classic tory tactic..

[radicalsystems]

this is the kind of blatant propaganda put out by murdoch press