spare a moment for our National Health Service. Time of death: midnight, 1st April 2013. Cause of death: murder. That this will strike many as hyperbole is because the assault on the NHS is one of the most scandalously under-reported issues in modern British history. When I asked journalists adamantly opposed to the Tory plans why they had failed to adequately cover this travesty, they sheepishly responded it was too complicated: it went over their heads. Cynical though it may be, that so many of those running our glorious “free” media are covered by private health insurance should not be ignored either. From today, strategic health authorities and primary care trusts are formally abolished. Some £60bn of the NHS budget is now in the hands of clinical commissioning groups, supposedly run by GPs. This is a sham, though one which turns local doctors into human shields for the privatisers. In reality, the vast majority of GPs will keep on doing what they do already – looking after patients – while commissioning will be managed by private companies.
Posted on: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 08:16:32 +0000
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