Cocoa How have the mighty fallen OT. 729Well - that has not been my experience, as I said. But no organisation that covers an entire country will have a uniform quality of delivery, and that is true of private or public sector...
No it doesn't. The service is not "fairly decent" it is diabolically bad.
That's blue sky thinking, and quite frankly morally bankrupt. The government, and for that matter users of public sector services should not expect more because they are sublic sector, and the employees should definitely not be expected to give more for less. That is exploitation of the worst kind.
I mentioned previously that the NHS ran a radio advertising campaign some while ago to try to encourage nurses back. There were voiced over anecdotes from nurses who were "grateful to the NHS" for looking after great aunt Nellie. What a crock of poo, quite frankly. This was among the worst pieces of moral blackmail that I have ever heard. Who the hell do these people think they are?
The population pays an absolute fortune for this rubbish and all we hear is constant bleating about lack of resources and then prevailing on people's good nature to prop up a relic that is 50 years past its sell-by date.
I certainly did not mention the use of multinationals as being the only alternative to a centralised megalith. There are plenty of different options.
The point is not about delivery but about the government not being involved in delivery. It is not competent to do so, and that is why the existing system should be dismantled and the only role of government should be in funding.
Delivery is a totally separate issue, and in that people should have a choice. That could be by *small* public sector organisations, not for profit foundations, charitable trusts, for profit organisations and many more.
As a customer who is paying for this through taxation, I should have the choice of which option I wish to go for, and so should everybody else.
Nobody said anything about preferring "shiny companies" The issue is one of lack of supervision and accountability for those responsible in administering the contracts. Increase in infection is also partly because of increased use of antibiotics and not segregating patients into individual rooms with disinfection equipment at each door.
Unfortunately this PFI stuff is really only another tinkering around the edge as opposed to fixing the real problem which is that the government should not be involved in healthcare delivery.
My experience is completely different, as is that of most people I know.
Cocoa How have the mighty fallen OT. 730Of course it won't, which is precisely why this silly nonsense of having a "national" service together with all that goes with it in terms of "postcode lotteries...
The price is frankly outrageous for what is offered.
