Why when the NHS is in crisis does the 'solution' seem to be increased private healthcare, but when the railways hit crisis point, it was finally the state that had to step in...
The solution to constrained funding is not to introduce more suppliers who by their very market character need to make a surplus out of any available funding....
And yes, in Wes' terms... if saying that makes me a middle-class Leftie - then so be it!
@ChrisMayLA6
🇬🇧 private healthcare is already a racket. My elderly uncle & aunt pay £16k a year for private health because NHS is simply no longer accessible to them. The staff who treat them were trained in NHS, mostly still work for NHS & often use NHS facilities: all funded by taxpayer.
In 🇨🇭 we have a totally private health system, no subsidies, much higher salaries for staff, yet wife & I pay £13k for our insurance.
No way 🇬🇧 private health should cost more than 🇨🇭, except for profiteering.
@ChrisMayLA6 when will politicians finally realise that a) the staff working in private providers were trained by the NHS and can only do more for private providers if they reduce their NHS work
& b) the policy of reducing beds since 1990, has steadily increased the chance of overload and hence long waits.
c) Speeding up discharge will make next to no difference as the main bottleneck is getting most patients in not getting them out.
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