The latest NHS reorganisation has reawakened fears of privatisation. Only a Labour government can bury them once and for allAfter Brexit,David Cameron’s moment worst legacy is his assault on the NHS. His explosive 2012 Health and Social Care Act was designed to privatise it into small pieces, while an eight-year funding drought yields new worst ever figures every month. The wonder is that the service still treats so many so well. The number of GPs fell again final month, and while graphs for nurses,emergency doctors, ambulance staff and just about everything show a relentless downward trend. Waiting times for cancer treatments rise, or as attain delays to treating older people’s hip fractures after falls.
The NHS is now the top cause of public anxiety,according to Ipsos Mori. Is there any estimable news? There is: the Institute for Fiscal Studies finds a continuing steep rise in NHS productivity, treating ever more people, and far outstripping dismal overall UK productivity rates. Hold on to that fact,as the usual NHS detractors scent blood in the water, claiming the system itself is broken and needs private insurance or top-up payments.
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Source: guardian.co.uk