R.I.P. the NHS

[davek]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jan/17/nhs-bans-operations-surgeon-warns

They've been wanting to do it for decades, but after 60 odd years they've finally gotten around to it.

The trundling in of an extensive market for health services and almost complete lack of governance from central government. I'm sure the Tory's friends in big pharmaceuticals will be delighted, but it'll lead to the obliteration of a proper standard of care for the vast majority of the population. How can these killers sleep at night?

 

[Hayee]

Disgusting

 

[chicoazul]

You wanted the tories? You got the tories.

 

[FinchFarmBlue]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jan/17/nhs-bans-operations-surgeon-warns

They've been wanting to do it for decades, but after 60 odd years they've finally gotten around to it.

The trundling in of an extensive market for health services and almost complete lack of governance from central government. I'm sure the Tory's friends in big pharmaceuticals will be delighted, but it'll lead to the obliteration of a proper standard of care for the vast majority of the population. How can these killers sleep at night?

I worked for the NHS in the mid 90's shortly after the trusts were formed and the amount of £'s wastage in trying to run a public sector service as a private business was unbelievable- I literally had a new desk, pc etc forced on me towards the end of the financial year and although a newbie in the job my 1st question was shouldn't this cash be spent on patient care? Answer was that they'd have their patient care budget reduced the following year if it wasn't literally wasted this way.

Whts worse is this latest news is not even the outside of a manure sandwich with this gang.

 

[davek]

You wanted the tories? You got the tories.

Although I wouldn't wish ill on people just for voting for the Tories, if there's any justice then the people who did vote for them would bear the brunt of the delapidated services, post code lottery and tyranny of local doctors that it brings in its wake.

There's your reward, have some of that.

 

[chicoazul]

Goes on everywhere mate, if you don't spend it then Finance take it out of the budget for next year.

 

[davek]

I worked for the NHS in the mid 90's shortly after the trusts were formed and the amount of £'s wastage in trying to run a public sector service as a private business was unbelievable- I literally had a new desk, pc etc forced on me towards the end of the financial year and although a newbie in the job my 1st question was shouldn't this cash be spent on patient care? Answer was that they'd have their patient care budget reduced the following year if it wasn't literally wasted this way.

Whts worse is this latest news is not even the outside of a manure sandwich with this gang.

Criminal. And as you rightly imply, that was the thin end of the wedge then and this is not the fat end of it announced today either.

This is how we pay for their crisis.

 

[johnnydawg68]

Goes on everywhere mate, if you don't spend it then Finance take it out of the budget for next year.

While I have absolutely no dog in this fight, this happens in the private sector all the time too. You're right Chico. Unless you utilize zero-based budgeting (where the budget has absolutely nothing to do with what you spent last year, but is 100% dependent on projects for the upcoming year), this is going to happen in every organization.

 

[chicoazul]

While I have absolutely no dog in this fight, this happens in the private sector all the time too. You're right Chico. Unless you utilize zero-based budgeting (where the budget has absolutely nothing to do with what you spent last year, but is 100% dependent on projects for the upcoming year), this is going to happen in every organization.

Exactly. And on top of last year, the dreaded stretch.

HANG ON, HOW MUCH?

ponders how to get income streams took off*

 

[little curly alan ball]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jan/17/nhs-bans-operations-surgeon-warns

They've been wanting to do it for decades, but after 60 odd years they've finally gotten around to it.

The trundling in of an extensive market for health services and almost complete lack of governance from central government. I'm sure the Tory's friends in big pharmaceuticals will be delighted, but it'll lead to the obliteration of a proper standard of care for the vast majority of the population. How can these killers sleep at night?

OH , SO , THIS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

R.I.P. Anuerin Bevin AND THE N.H.S.

 

[TheBlueGibbon]

"There will be no major top-down reogranisation of the NHS" - Andrew Lansley, Health Secretary.

Between this and the new GP consortia, I'd say that it is a pretty huge reogranisation of the NHS.

 

[ToffeeMark]

The NHS has been broke for years. And believe it or not these changes are being driven through by the dept of health irrespective of who's in power. Nameless civil servants who know best. So whats the point in voting eh?

 

[Brownie]

And it's going to get much, much worse.

 

[chicoazul]

And it's going to get much, much worse.

Stop trying to scare me Browns, that's just not on.

 

[Brownie]

Stop trying to scare me Browns, that's just not on.

I'm really not, the only thing that will stop it completely going to **** is a huge moral uprising of medical professionals. Fortunately that's fairly likely to happen, as in general, senior doctory people detest poor practice.