"This is not an ideological argument, but a pragmatic one. Private healthcare takes away from the NHS both in terms of staff and resources, and is more expensive for the taxpayer"
@DrTonyOSullivan
's response to Wes Streeting is spot on
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#NHS
Patients Going Private: What Are the Risks?
#Panorama
With more than six million people waiting for an operation on the NHS, Plaha investigates the safety record..
#PrivatisationKills
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#SOSNHS
#WesStreetingMustGo
#Urgent
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@CatHobbs
@graceblakeley
@DrTonyOSullivan
Streeting/Labour has a responsibility to stem the flow of public resources from the NHS to shareholder pockets. Tory ideology and exploitation of public services has to stop. There’s a reason they’ll be voted out.
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@CatHobbs
@DrTonyOSullivan
Instead of throwing money at private hospitals in a vain attempt at cutting waiting lists, why not invest it in the NHS instead?
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@CatHobbs
@SecretBaris1a
@DrTonyOSullivan
There are private companies already commissioned by the NHS. Stop using them on day 1? Seriously? A Labour Health Sec will have no option but to continue patching a threadbare service. The scale of the necessary remedies for our health service will take time and money.
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@CatHobbs
@DrTonyOSullivan
I warm to
#wesstreeting
more and more. He shares my contempt for
#middleclass
#Lefties
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@CatHobbs
@FisherAndrew79
@DrTonyOSullivan
How much of this reliance on the private sector is about short term fixes and how much is it about Labour’s ridiculous fiscal rules?
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@CatHobbs
@We_OwnIt
@DrTonyOSullivan
Absolutely
@DrTonyOSullivan
- how on earth can it work when private healthcare is so dependent on NHS resources
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@CatHobbs
@MrMarkEThomas
@DrTonyOSullivan
In the UK, there is basically one party - the business party. It has two factions, called Labour & Conservatives which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies. By & large, I am opposed to those policies.
—Adaptation of Chomsky
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@CatHobbs
@MrMarkEThomas
@DrTonyOSullivan
A bigger problem in using private hospitals is that they lack the ability to deal with problems that can arise during treatment. They don’t have ITU or the skilled staff to deal with some life-threatening conditions.
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