Privatising The NHS: Solution Or A Recipe For Disaster?

[@UKStreetsDontLie]

When has privatising anything in this country been a success? Housing Associations are an abomination, selling off energy to foreign entities was a disaster. Why? Because it all becomes about profit, not service.

[@gavinsmith9564]

I'm sure the Brexiteers will be here any minute now with the £350M a week, and that they definitely don't want to destroy the NHS for profit.

[@ursulinebellot6369]

When you privatise the Nhs whst about the money we have psid in to the Nhs will it be refunded to us.Wjat about those of us who will not be able to pay for private nursing .

[@robertjones8644]

No problem refund all our contributions then .

[@Englishman4412]

Yh just like America. and in no time they will be charging you £2000 for an ambulance. Absolutely bollox.

[@maureenchallener1529]

This man if private would still strike !!

[@marcelpenuelatraub2343]

Privatisation was the most elitist- not egalitarian- version of government.

[@markpirie1986]

Solution, sorry but a free nhs has been abused and misused nowadays, and being half orcadian 🇳🇴 myself, id be happy for both orkney and Shetland to brake off from both Scotland and the UK and rejoin it grand blooded Viking roots, and have easy access to Norway 🇳🇴 , Sweden 🇸🇪 and Finland 🇫🇮, and have its own Nordic passort, with instant schengen visa accessibility 😊

[@ianwheat1577]

What NHS need is top management reform
Better procurement stop getting ripped off with big pharmaceutical companies.

[@emmas3716]

But it's not free we pay taxes for it. It ain't a charity

[@ianHolmes-up2oc]

We need to save our wonderful NHS

[@stephenbennett6939]

Christopher snow don we are in this mess because of thatcher policies of four years ago,Vanesser don’t give them airtime

[@adrianrouse5148]

Went well with the water company's.

[@jeffsolo8842]

How disrespectful to the British public can you be!?
We should all have choices and be able to go wherever we want to receive treatment. To basically say that people just want to “go round the corner” is ridiculous! What if “round the corner” has the worst surgeons or doctors in the uk?? And you would like to go elsewhere because you want better care?
I usually like Vanessa and she does speak a lot of sense but today she has let her bbc brain click in and has joined the throng of NHS worshipers.
Privatisation is the only way.

[@diesel92kj1]

The solution 100%, the NHS is an absolute failure & private is 10x better.
The NHS budget back to the population would amount to £2500 roughly and that is considerably more than a BUPA membership.
If you earn under 25k it should be "free" but over that insurance should be mandated like car insurance, why should you buy a Range Rover and not look after your health first.

[@a70770]

Have you seen the situation in america? The biggest cause of bankruptcy is medical bills. We don't want that here.

[@dalorasinum386]

Having a part privatised system where using it being tax deductible could be a good idea. Those who can’t afford private don’t get taxed much in the first place so so would be better off waiting on the NHS, while companies or individuals who can afford private health insurance could be better off taking the tax deduction and not using the NHS, thus taking pressure off it so it’s a better service for those who still use it. Also bare in mind that older people need healthcare much more and are more likely to be able to afford insurance in the first place.

[@anthonysnaith73]

You're talking absolute bollocks....what about those people who can't afford this due to the crippling economy???..

[@anthonysnaith73]

So if this privation actually goes through does that mean we will never have to pay national insurance again??

[@gillycooper8717]

Why is childbirth part of the National HEALTH Service? Isn't the ability to bear children evidence of good HEALTH? I think the NHS should concentrate its' resources on treating diseases & injuries. It was never intended to cover EVERY aspect of health care. Offering a tax incentive to wealthy people may be unpalatable to lefties, but, if it reduces waiting lists for the rest of us, it seems like win win, so why not?

[@a70770]

Childbirth is HEALTHcare. If it were not covered by the nhs, women would give birth without any sort of aftercare or help from midwives, and so many babies and mothers would die.
Also, the NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE is supposed to cover as many aspects of health as possible. That's why it's THE nhs and not just an nhs

[@marcelpenuelatraub2343]

Religion was the most primitive form of government (just like the British NHS), but today, in a more secular, interconnected world, we need freedom for people to choose between private, and socialist government (or healthcare, as provided in all other countries)!!!

[@a70770]

It's not socialist to have public services for citizens

[@petersmith2522]

The money coulfnt be spent better elswhere mate because that is our tax money not yours ptivatise and you lose that money

[@marcelpenuelatraub2343]

Actually, the NHS was only the most primitive version of any health service

[@nickmagee-brown739]

The NHS is haemorrhaging money, there are many people, from many socioeconomic backgrounds who believe that adopting the American system and it's high quality of healthcare is the only way to go. The NHS being sold to US healthcare companies could form the centrepiece of a trade deal and closer union with the United states.

[@a70770]

You would also be paying 2 years' salary for breaking a leg. Shut up mate

[@timothyodeyale6565]

I believe that I saw a study that came to the conclusion that if britain switched to the US healthcare system, we would be more efficient than we are now.. I can find it if you like.
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[@mktf5582]

NO NEVER EVER Privatization of NHS.😡😡😡

[@mktf5582]

@@blitzerblazinoah6838 LOL oh yeah,you and who's army eh.

[@mktf5582]

@@blitzerblazinoah6838 You do know Thanos was defeated, so privatization will be defeated as well LOL.

[@a70770]

Privatisation will cause a revolution.

[@timothyodeyale6565]

why not?

[@lawrencebishton9071]

private business is fun and fair 🤣🤣🤣

[@karllambert9827]

Independent public committee investigating where the British public investment in our NHS is spent and have power to cut and redirect funds from non medical based practices back into the hospital their investigating cutting off the bloated leaches suckling from the British public investment crippling any possible gains 🇬🇧👍

[@maureenchallener1529]

I’m dreading labor leading uk really am they take spare buttons out your pocke what she talking about? Since when she pm the one at the end????

[@bobotett4320]

The NHS need a major reforms by a hatcher man or woman type

[@a70770]

Hatcher?

[@user-fq5kg6gk1g]

🫶🏻🫶🏼🫶🏽🫶🏾🫶🏿 NHS 🌈🚑🇬🇧👏

[@MikeStock88]

So....if the same staff, the same money is available how is the private sector going to do it better?
What are they going to do to drastically improve the service?
Just ask yourself this? What is the GOAL of a private company?
To make the maximum amount of money possible, if they also provide good health care then that's a bonus, but they only care about the bottom line
The GOAL of a public service is in the name, its to provide a public service
This really isn't rocket science
Referencing the IEA? LOL, Doesn't he work for them? LOL

[@NPC--666]

It works elsewhere and socialism has nevered worked at anytime in history

[@a70770]

The NHS isn't socialism despite what your looney politicians tell you. And no, it doesn't work elsewhere, universal healthcare, or having health insurance covered by the government always yields better results than private healthcare

[@ianHolmes-up2oc]

Yes it has

[@NPC--666]

@@ianHolmes-up2oc it really hasn't. Whenever socialism has had full control e.g. Germany, Russia, Italy, Cambodia, China, the results have always been the same

[@Joshdyisdifh]

Yeah because it worked so well with Thames Water...

[@CripleMusic]

Id rather pay for an appointment than wait possibly weeks or months too be seen money talks

[@a70770]

If it gets as bad as it is in the us, then you wouldn't be saying that