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Thank you Damien.:)
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So yes, I am in agreement that the government has much to do, I do not just solely blame Unskilled migration for the NHS problems. Yes, I agree there is also many issues with our own British born residents, obesity, alcoholism, even the aging population. A lot of the beds are taken up by elderly people, waiting to be either sent home and cared for there, or waiting to go in to a care home.
The problems have not just suddenly appeared over night, they have been gradually getting worse and the problem has just been routinely ignored until where we are right now. Also, the opposition does not get away with the blame either. Where is her Majesty's official opposition party ? Ok Corbyn has stated, Mrs. May, needs to answer for the crisis, but it is not enough, why are they not asking the most basic questions and demanding answers ? Call me ignorant but I had to look up who the current Shadow Health Secretary was (It's Jon Ashworth). Where is he? Why is he not putting forward an urgent question? With such weak opposition, the government will just plough on regardless and while I support the Tories and voted for them in the last two General Elections, I still expect a strong opposition to keep them in line, ask the questions that need to be asked and that is not happening under the current leadership but that's a whole different topic. |
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Health tourisim isn't regarded by most in the NHS as a major problem because overall it isn't it occurs in small clusters that have a devastating impact at a local level in my town there are few if any health tourists using our local NHS services. Go twenty miles up the road to Leicester and it's a very real problem and creates many many problems not just in terms of treatment costs but the number of staff that have quit in the last five years because they are fed up of having a family gang berate them and physically intimidate them, I've seen it personally many times and have seen looks of fear on the faces of staff.
Of course it isn't the whole cause of the problem but it is one i also agree that we need to drastically alter things in relation to alcohol which is a growing cost to the NHS as well as to society in general and I'd like a government to take a tobacco level stance in relation to alcohol. Something like the NHS never has a single cause for it's problems but we have to start accepting them all and dealing with them rather then the way things have happened in the past where everyone argues over which is the bigger problem and never addresses any of them. |
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The fee for health tourists - those who come here to use the NHS - is 110- 280 million according to that link:
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Many of those that turn up at A&E know about their condition before they came here.
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Lets put everything to one side.
The NHS is a fantastic Service, with great working staff from Consultants, Nurses and Rds. THIS country can supply most of the staff for Hospitals. We do NOT need to rely on Migrants working in hospitals on cheap Labour to save Hospital management money. The savings can come from pen pushers that go round the hospitals making sure that Nurse Barbie or Dr Doolittle is working ok. Get a Matron to run the Hospital. Get rid of hospital Management who are simply ripping of the NHS. The Matron would oversea what Nursing staff is needed for each ward. Go back to the days when the Hospital did there own cooking for patient meals. Let the Hospital run there OWN car parking. Get rid of the Private companies that are ripping off the patients. The Matron would oversea Hospital cleaners - employed directly employed by the Hospital NOT companies. Agency Nursing cost a forcing. Matron to call on the Nursing Colleges for staff in there final year of training. Most Nurses that are being trained, go overseas due to higher wages. Hospital trusts are a disgrace. They are NOT thinking of patient care. They are thinking of what money they can save. For there annual holiday. The NHS needs millions from the Government. And they should get it. As treatment costs go up each year. If patients want private care. They have to pay 60% up front. And that will change there mind about skipping the country and getting out and leaving the NHS with a big bill |
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