March 17th, 2011
Privatisation of the NHS
It was good to read today that NHS doctors are vocalising their grave concern about the Tories horrific plans for the NHS. Over the last thirty years we have seen the slow rolling back of the NHS. However, nothing on the scale we will see if the Con-Dem government get their way with the new health care reforms bill. They wish to totally open up every aspect of the NHS to the market, this they claim, will make the health service cheaper and more efficient. It might very well make it cheaper by cutting corners in the name of making a profit rather then helping people, cutting staff down to skeleton crews, not training them properly all to make a few people at the top very rich while we get poorer and poorer health care. We have already seen this with private care homes, prisons and some wards in our hospitals. More efficient, clearly not. Over the years The NHS bureaucracy has increased with more private intervention, not decreased. Or look at the Bureaucratic nightmare that is the US Health care system, that’s where we are heading. An insurance based system in which we will have to top up our health care if we wish a real service or to be seen in a reasonable space of time. A system that is not universal and that the size of your wallet determines your health and whether you live or die.
It is imperative that we save the NHS, join the march on the 26th of March in London, there are free buses going from all over the place. For more information click here. Also, get involved in the Anti Cuts Alliances all over the county, click here to find out what’s happening nationally as well as in your local area. If we don’t fight, we defiantly can’t win!