This cowardly lame duck govt has backed down to the "forces of conservatism
and reaction", namely the medical trade unions and has come up with a set of
changes to healthcare which will probably result in more bureaucracy, less
patient choice, worse outcomes for patients as services are squeezed by
falling productivity and higher costs than is currently the case.
We have missed the chance to end this state monopoly for yet another
generation and those of us who are getting older and likely to need medical
treatment more than are our younger fellow citizens are going to suffer
inferior services as a result.
Competition would force up standards in the hospital sector except, of
course, now there won't be any worth talking about and allowing hospital
doctors and nurses onto commissioning boards is like allowing the poachers
to participate in the process for selecting gamekeepers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13786924
John Waghorne
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