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Originally Posted by ethariel
Like the idea or loathe it, the funding for the NHS is not a bottomless cup and to be honest the cup ran dry decades ago.
Healthcare Trusts made stupid decisions like building new Hospitals under a PFI agreement to try to modernise creaky old infrastructure (and way too late realised just how bad a deal a PFI really is).
The current NHS is an administrative top heavy nightmare with many more staff in non clinical roles than you would expect, running on IT infrastructure a 30 year old wouldn't recognise.
Will it change overnight? - No, it will creep in over the next 10 to 30 years till only a basic NHS service is offered and anything above essentially life saving care will require a cash or insurance funded payment to process.
Just do not ever expect taxes to drop when NHS funding is dropped by 70 or 80% over that period as that 'Saving' will in all probability be paid to the companies offering said services as a backhander for doing so.
Am I wrong? - I truly hope I am but fear I am not.
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They shouldn't have needed hindsight to realise PFI was going to be a bad deal!
The government does seem to have a habit of paying more than necessary by awarding contracts to private companies !
Dentist recently recommended deep cleaning which he could do straight away privately for £100. I opted for having it done on NHS and found I would have to wait 6 months . Since seen it costs about £65 on NHS!
Not that long ago you could go to dentist for 6 month check up and they would automatically do a scale and polish at the same time for about £15 !
You would think after everything that has gone on this last year the NHS would be safe but you can't trust what politicians say can you ?!