The end of free treatment from the NHS.

[Staunton]

Then you won't mind providing links to show it then. That's all I've asked for at least three times.

 

I would urge anyone interested in further researching the themes covered in this post simply to type 'NHS privatisation' into a search engine, where many thousands of sites covering the issue can be found.

 

Meanwhile, calls for charges for access to NHS services are firmly on the agenda, as is being reported this week in the mainstream media, see for example:

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/kristian-niemietz/nhs-fees_b_3495313.html

 

http://news.sky.com/story/1107332/doctors-condemn-hunt-in-no-confidence-vote

 

We can expect pressure to grow in this quarter, representing an increasing clamour for the transformation of a key public service into a private enterprise.

[Obelix]

You can type HAARP weather control and chemtrails and lizardmen into a search engine and get many sites on those as well.

 

Doesnt stop them being complete balls.

[Staunton]

There will always be attempts to discredit or distract - this tactic keeps people from focusing on the issue in hand, and missing the point is exactly what the neoliberals want us to do.

 

Again, I would urge everyone to find out for themselves what is happening.

[SevenRivers]

There will always be attempts to discredit or distract - this tactic keeps people from focusing on the issue in hand, and missing the point is exactly what the neoliberals want us to do.

 

Again, I would urge everyone to find out for themselves what is happening.

 

When you go to see a GP or a dentist, the likelihood is the practice they run is a private business, not state owned. Large parts of the NHS are already private enterprises. What frightens you so much about privatisation?

[Staunton]

When you go to see a GP or a dentist, the likelihood is the practice they run is a private business, not state owned. Large parts of the NHS are already private enterprises. What frightens you so much about privatisation?

 

There is a clear pattern emerging within the privatisation project, a pattern that will be familiar to anyone acquainted with neoliberal doctrine. The NHS is not being transformed to allow small and medium enterprise or charitable agencies to provide services. The project is crafted to facilitate take over by the multinationals. The second phase is to drive down the quality of services, to replace skilled staff with unqualified cheap labour, which has been happening for some time now. The companies taking over are all tax avoiders who will offshore profits made at the expense of the taxpayer - a cynical irony.

 

Deregulation, another central aspect of neoliberalism, will mean that it is impossible to hold these companies accountable - witness the massive job losses in the Care Quality Commission and Inland Revenue - the multinationals hate regulation, they don't want a powerful revenue service or an effective watchdog.

[deaf andy]

When you go to see a GP or a dentist, the likelihood is the practice they run is a private business, not state owned. Large parts of the NHS are already private enterprises. What frightens you so much about privatisation?

 

imagine you worked hard and saved for years to buy a mercedes. you go to the showroom, hand over your savings and get in the plush new motor. then the salesman tells you he'll need another bag of cash before you get the keys.

 

"saved" = nic and tax

"showroom" = hospital

"new motor" = lifesaving operation

"salesman" = corporate healthcare

"another bag of cash" = charges for treatment

"keys" = your life back

 

not really much of a choice, is it? get in shedloads of debt or die?

 

oh, then you get home and park the mercedes on the drive, and in the morning it won't start. open the bonnet, and it looks like they've used peugot parts.

[Staunton]

What frightens you so much about privatisation?

 

Britain's railways cost the taxpayer more today than they did when they were state controlled.

[Crosser]

When you go to see a GP or a dentist, the likelihood is the practice they run is a private business, not state owned. Large parts of the NHS are already private enterprises. What frightens you so much about privatisation?

 

Have you tried getting NHS dental treatment lately?

[Staunton]

Then you won't mind providing links to show it then. That's all I've asked for at least three times.

 

As alchresearch points out in post #2 of this topic the privatisation of the NHS is well under way. By asking whether it is worth 'bothering to post any links which shows lots of private companies taking over lots of hospital services when Labour was in charge' alchresearch is confirming the drift of our NHS into private hands.

 

Now that the private sector has established itself within the NHS, we are beginning to hear those inevitable calls for charges, this is big business reveailing its only interest - the increase of profit.

 

Such demands demonstrate that the private sector puts financial return before the provision of services.

 

Our NHS is being dismantled. This should be a priority concern for everyone who is not in a position to provide themselves and their loved ones with private healthcare. It should be a major concern for every tax payer, and for anyone who has any consideration for the health and wellbeing of others.

[Rupert_Baehr]

...And now they want people to pay twice - once via their taxes and then again at the point of delivery.

...

 

Or, to put it another way: "Now they want to people to pay in two stages.

 

Make the first payment through their taxes

 

Pay the balance when they use the service."

 

The money the people pay to the NHS in taxes does not cover the cost of delivering the service.

 

I don't see why that concept is so difficult to understand.

 

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Britain's railways cost the taxpayer more today than they did when they were state controlled.

 

Milk costs more today than it did when cows were nationalised, too.

 

What costs less today than it did 20 years ago? - Not a lot.