RIP NHS 1948-2016
Not sure why you landed on 2016, but the privatisation of the NHS has been going on for a lot longer, and while it’s unlikely to happen as long as profit is the main motive, it is still reversible, and the fight to save the NHS (and the population) from the government is still ongoing https://www.yournhsneedsyou.com/timeline/
I just read that timeline and it makes me furious.
As it should, it’s outrageous, and so is the fact that they’ve managed to keep it all so relatively quiet.
100%
Just sort of picked a year that seemed like a turning point for the government ramping up the levels of depravity, and care becoming harder to get, of course there’s no black and white moment
I think that might be down to your personal perspective, which is fine I’m not trying to have a go, personally I’ve seen people struggle to get care for a lot longer. but it also depends on where you live and so many other things, but yeah, they’ve been cannibalising the NHS for a long while and it is getting noticably worse.
In our local surgery the reduction in the number of GP’s is noticeable. There were four GP’s but now there are only two having been replaced by one consultant nurse.
The GP’s that do remain tend to have a rather high turnover and don’t stay for long.
All GP practices are private practice. They are privately owned organisations which hold contracts from NHS England etc.
“I’m not actually sure I’m going to be able to find a job,” she confesses, explaining that there’s just one qualified GP position advertised on NHS Jobs within a 10-mile radius of her home in Leeds.
Enter private practice?
googles
Separate data published last Tuesday by the Private Healthcare Information Network showed that private hospitals cared for 665,000 people, a combination of PMI and “self-payers”, between January and September 2023 – a new record and 7% higher year on year. The commonest procedures performed included blood tests, knee replacements, peripheral nerve blocks, eardrum surgery and tonsil removal.
That sounds like it’s growing.
