Are we really going to sit by while they destroy the NHS?

[Pickman's model]

Every time you think he can't get any worse.

the days of this shitty government will seem halcyon in comparison to the days of the next shitty government

 

[Pickman's model]

‘Middle-class lefties’ won’t stop Labour using private sector to cut NHS backlog, Streeting says

Shadow health secretary says quicker treatment to stop working class families being left behind is more important than ideology

www.theguardian.com

Fuck this guy, seriously.

A charmless zombie of Alan Milburn.

yet there is to be no increase in the number of hours mps work. i remind colleagues here of my proposal for a 7 day a week parliament. how can mps be trusted with the public sector if they will not show themselves stakhanovite? make mps work weekends to ensure they meet constituents: tho they may not always relish these encounters.

 

[steeplejack]

Cut MPs salaries by 66%, remove subsidies, perks and expenses, and make them work weekends and you might begin to see some empathy with conditions faced by frontline NHS staff.

 

[Lord Camomile]

View attachment 419215
yet there is to be no increase in the number of hours mps work. i remind colleagues here of my proposal for a 7 day a week parliament. how can mps be trusted with the public sector if they will not show themselves stakhanovite? make mps work weekends to ensure they meet constituents: tho they may not always relish these encounters.

Ok, so how much of that £1bn will be used to cover the costs of those extra shifts* and resources? Because then it's not really an 'extra' £1bn, is it, if the rest of the system is still getting the same as before?

Otherwise what he's really saying is "we will pay for additional services", which... sure, that's what you're supposed to fucking do if you want additional services, you pay for them. I suppose we shouldn't take that for granted, though, given how little both parties seem to care about adequately funding existing services.

*assuming they are all extra shifts, given many medics do already work weekends

 

[Serge Forward]

Middle class lefties ffs

And as he's on the MP's salary, that would already make him a middle class righty. And if he doesn't lose his seat in the coming election, he'll be a proper ruling class righty.

 

[Orang Utan]

Could GPs be reluctant to refer patients to Pharmavy First because they’re resisting this privatisation by stealth? Pharmacists accuse GPs in England of scuppering Pharmacy First scheme

 

[Silas Loom]

GPs are already private sector FFS. They weren’t ever nationalised.

 

[InArduisFouette]

Could GPs be reluctant to refer patients to Pharmavy First because they’re resisting this privatisation by stealth? Pharmacists accuse GPs in England of scuppering Pharmacy First scheme

could one group of private contractors be unhappy that they are being encouraged to refer patients to another private contractor ?

you do understand how the GMS and PMS conracts work don't you ? the vastest majority of staff in your GP surgery are employees or Partners/ Directors of the Surgery not directly employed by the NHS

 

[teqniq]

 

[GarveyLives]

"Reform"?:

NHS must reform or die, Starmer to say

 

[GarveyLives]

Worrying. Hopefully, there will be a full explanation:

"A hospital is being probed after the body of a patient was discovered in a kitchen oven.

The man's remains were found in the catering appliance at Kettering General Hospital. Police were called on Friday (6 September 2024) following the disturbing discovery, with the reason why the man ended up in the over still a mystery ..."

Patient found dead in hospital catering oven as detectives probe mystery

 

[teqniq]

Labour’s vision for the NHS is getting grim

 

[InArduisFouette]

Labour’s vision for the NHS is getting grim

as usual for byline the utter lack of baseline knowledge or appreciation of the issue shines through.

yes we could expand NHS owned units, but he that;s a 2 fold problem you build more General Hospital beds on existing sites they get filled with acute admissions and associated bed blockers meaning elective work isn't done

so build NHS owned / run 'cold sites' - a peculiar type of NIMBY emerges who demandsan Acute General hospital not the actually needed cold site and distracts and disrupts by spouting utter bollocks that ignore every change in emergency care since 1967 which means the decision to build the cold site is never made

privately provided cold sites are paid on a 'power by the hour ' basis ,

 

[teqniq]

I would hope that anyone with more than a passing interest in the NHS would have become aware of the situation regarding physician associates and the GMC. Here Dr. Rachel Clarke lays out the whole affair and her, imo quite justified concerns:

Why Britain’s doctors are in revolt