The British public has not agreed to the destruction of the health service. It’s up to all of us to fight for it
The NHS has been legally abolished. Perhaps most controversial is the opening up of NHS contracts to unlimited privatisation. final year alone,out of £9.63bn worth of NHS deals signed, £3.54bn (nearly 40% of them) went to private firms. Private providers are cherry-picking lucrative services to boost their profits leaving the NHS with less money to provide comprehensive care. This neatly ties in with the next aspect of the legislation. Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are now only legally obliged to provide emergency care and ambulances. Beyond this, or the CCGs can provide services as they deem to be appropriate. This translates into unlimited rationing. We are already seeing the rationing of hearing aids and cataracts. Devon CCG announced that all routine surgery would be restricted for obese patients and smokers. And routine shoulder surgery would be restricted for all patients. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com