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Westminister parties may appear well meaning, but could their policies undermine the NHS?
Running a political system whereby new administrations may enter the picture every 5 years has a range of different flaws. Perceptions of what constitutes the long term, tend to become compressed into short five year periods and this is especially true of many of the policies revealed at party conferences.
There is a tendency, once elected, to push policy through at breakneck speed. Aiming to give off the appearance of post-election vitality. Of course there are upsides as well. Chiefly that the electorate can get rid of any administration they dislike fairly promptly.
It also forces policy makers to update and revaluate policy to coincide with the next election. Nevertheless the downsides of our political system can be easily viewed in party approaches towards the National Health Service. Issues which are going to become apparent over the next 10 or 20 years were painfully underrepresented during healthcare speeches given by each party. Particularly the sizable funding gap which is unlikely to improve over the coming years. There are therefore many questions as to whether the NHS will be able to cope with the long term threats which are already impacting on its’ operations.
http://hereisthecity.com/en-gb/2014/11/02/what-is-westminister-politics-doing-to-the-nhs/page/1/
Running a political system whereby new administrations may enter the picture every 5 years has a range of different flaws. Perceptions of what constitutes the long term, tend to become compressed into short five year periods and this is especially true of many of the policies revealed at party conferences.
There is a tendency, once elected, to push policy through at breakneck speed. Aiming to give off the appearance of post-election vitality. Of course there are upsides as well. Chiefly that the electorate can get rid of any administration they dislike fairly promptly.
It also forces policy makers to update and revaluate policy to coincide with the next election. Nevertheless the downsides of our political system can be easily viewed in party approaches towards the National Health Service. Issues which are going to become apparent over the next 10 or 20 years were painfully underrepresented during healthcare speeches given by each party. Particularly the sizable funding gap which is unlikely to improve over the coming years. There are therefore many questions as to whether the NHS will be able to cope with the long term threats which are already impacting on its’ operations.
http://hereisthecity.com/en-gb/2014/11/02/what-is-westminister-politics-doing-to-the-nhs/page/1/