Northerner
Admin (Retired)
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- Type 1
In 2012 the secretary of state’s legal duty to provide NHS services was severed and the structures for destroying the NHS were put in place. Today, with the general election around the corner, we are presenting a cross-party bill in parliament to stand up for the NHS we are all so proud of. The NHS that was such a defining part of our identity during the stunning opening of the 2012 London Olympics. The NHS that was ranked as one of the best health services in the world in a 2014 study.
Our much-loved service is in danger. Thousands of jobs have been axed, including more than 4,000 senior nurses. More than 50 of the 230 NHS walk-in centres have been closed and 66 A&E and maternity units have been shut or downgraded. On top of this, the future mandated by the 2012 act is one where all hospitals in England that we think of as NHS hospitals only have to be 51% NHS – and 49% non-NHS. Why would anyone pay if they could get exactly the same on the NHS? This is setting up a queue-jumping service for the better-off.
http://www.theguardian.com/commenti...privatisation-health-service-cross-party-bill
Our much-loved service is in danger. Thousands of jobs have been axed, including more than 4,000 senior nurses. More than 50 of the 230 NHS walk-in centres have been closed and 66 A&E and maternity units have been shut or downgraded. On top of this, the future mandated by the 2012 act is one where all hospitals in England that we think of as NHS hospitals only have to be 51% NHS – and 49% non-NHS. Why would anyone pay if they could get exactly the same on the NHS? This is setting up a queue-jumping service for the better-off.
http://www.theguardian.com/commenti...privatisation-health-service-cross-party-bill