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Old 07-01-2017, 19:52   #19
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Re: Crisis in the NHS

The NHS is an unsustainable behemoth the way it currently set up, managed and funded.

Throwing more money at it is not the answer, you could treble/ quadruple/ quintuple it's funding and it still wouldn't be enough.

It needs to be taken out of government control and run by an independent body, with government oversight. Purchasing and procurement should be centralised so the buying power of the NHS is used. We should be telling the drug manufacturers what we're going to pay for their product, if they want to sell to us, if not we go elsewhere (for the drugs where that is possible) for other drugs we should be able to get great deals in return for volume, not play postcode lotteries.

A clear descriptor of what is available on the NHS, charges should be levied for certain elective procedures where people have the funds.

Complete ban on foreign nationals getting free health unless it is in an emergency.

There is loads that could be done, if only we had a government with the balls to it. Problem is whenever you say NHS reform everybody freaks out over it. It's some sacred cow that can't be touched no matter how dysfunctional it is.
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