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It is not just Streeting, I would like at the very least, all large commercial donations to be explained by governments of any colour as to the benefits they accrue. Preferably I would go furthe than that and just ban them.
#UkPol #Corruption #Explain #TheNational #NHS #PrivateHealthCare #Donors #Benefits
It is not just Streeting, I would like at the very least, all large commercial donations to be explained by governments of any colour as to the benefits they accrue. Preferably I would go furthe than that and just ban them.
#UkPol #Corruption #Explain #TheNational #NHS #PrivateHealthCare #Donors #Benefits
The Resident Doctors' dispute sums up a dysfunction in the management of the health service; a focus on costs not benefits;
we're in a situation where there is both a shortage of doctors (not least due to an ongoing exodus of doctors from the profession) *and* a pool of doctors unable to complete their training or get jobs in the NHS.
Only when the health services is run as *health* service & not an accounting identity where costs are the focus will anything be resolved!
The Resident Doctors' dispute sums up a dysfunction in the management of the health service; a focus on costs not benefits;
we're in a situation where there is both a shortage of doctors (not least due to an ongoing exodus of doctors from the profession) *and* a pool of doctors unable to complete their training or get jobs in the NHS.
Only when the health services is run as *health* service & not an accounting identity where costs are the focus will anything be resolved!
Wes Streeting has failed to head off the Resident Doctors strike next week, so we can expect a further demonisation of doctors as greedy & unconcerned about patients.
While the RDs are certainly impatient both for wage restoration & NHS reform, by failing to convince them of his good will (perhaps, some would argue because he has none?) Streeting has lost a major group of allies in any reform of the health service.
It looks awfully like one more Labour own goal...
Wes Streeting has failed to head off the Resident Doctors strike next week, so we can expect a further demonisation of doctors as greedy & unconcerned about patients.
While the RDs are certainly impatient both for wage restoration & NHS reform, by failing to convince them of his good will (perhaps, some would argue because he has none?) Streeting has lost a major group of allies in any reform of the health service.
It looks awfully like one more Labour own goal...
Is one aspect of the UK's 'productivity puzzle' the size of the NHS?
The Office of National Statistics has always had difficulty finding good data to measure NHS productivity; and its the UK largest employer.
And, much of the key work of the NHS is (and should be) prevention... but that shows up as effort (cost) expended in any data, but output (life gains) years/decades ahead.
Perhaps the NHS should be excluded from productivity data?
h/t Roy Lilley/NHSMangers.net
Who are the Resident Doctors & why are they going on strike (agains)?
Here's Charlotte Tomlinson's discussion of the issue, putting the timeline of over a decade of failed settlements at its centre & making clear that any discussion of the Resident Doctors dispute with the NHS needs to be put into this long(er) historical context, if we are to understand the dispute!
Who are the Resident Doctors & why are they going on strike (agains)?
Here's Charlotte Tomlinson's discussion of the issue, putting the timeline of over a decade of failed settlements at its centre & making clear that any discussion of the Resident Doctors dispute with the NHS needs to be put into this long(er) historical context, if we are to understand the dispute!
@BillySmith @LoganFive sending only the best and tenderest of wishes 🫶
Roy Lilley (NHSManagers.net) lists the problems during Wes Streeting's time at the DoH to argue if the health service *is* central to how people view the Govt. of the day, then for Labour's future electoral success, there needs to be a change at the Dept. of Health; not least as it seems unlikely the Doctors (striking next month) will be willing to see Streeting as someone negotiating in good faith.
Wes Streeting looks like (and maybe always has been) damaged goods!
Roy Lilley (NHSManagers.net) lists the problems during Wes Streeting's time at the DoH to argue if the health service *is* central to how people view the Govt. of the day, then for Labour's future electoral success, there needs to be a change at the Dept. of Health; not least as it seems unlikely the Doctors (striking next month) will be willing to see Streeting as someone negotiating in good faith.
Wes Streeting looks like (and maybe always has been) damaged goods!
‘This is the great paradox of our time. The #authoritarian right rails against an establishment that is, in many ways, already doing its work for it.
#Farage and his allies perform the role of anti-elite insurgents even as they champion the most corporate-friendly, deregulated politics imaginable.
Strip away the theatre and #Reform UK is a billionaire-backed project to dismantle the public realm, shred regulatory protections and hand what remains of state power to capital.’
Clive Lewis MP
‘And the current #Labour government, rather than resisting these trends, risks entrenching them.
Invite #BlackRock into your industrial strategy. Hand over #NHS data architecture to #Oracle.
Populate your boards with corporate lobbyists. Expand surveillance powers and #digitalID infrastructure.
At that point, when the far right eventually take office, they will not need to construct the tools of repression. We will have built them for them.’
Clive Lewis MP
the UK government has slipped another bill to destroy childrens rights and digital privacy under the radar
It's called the "Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill"
i found some info on what it does that i will go about in the thread, but here's the petition for now:
the UK government has slipped another bill to destroy childrens rights and digital privacy under the radar
It's called the "Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill"
i found some info on what it does that i will go about in the thread, but here's the petition for now:
Over-50s no longer getting free #NHS flu jabs, now moved to over-65s..... *Sighs*
When seeking healthcare (whether for general healthcare or transition-related care), we know that most trans people in the UK don't experience the high standards of care they ought to be able to expect from healthcare professionals.
We also know that most healthcare professionals want to help their patients and to provide high quality, patient-centred care. But in too many cases, something is stopping them.
Our new report looks at healthcare professionals' confidence, and competence in caring for trans people.
Barriers to providing care to trans patients included:
-Access to training
-Lack of confidence and competence
-Lack of support for prescribing hormones
-Inflexible IT systems
-Local policies
-Lack of information about local and national services
-Funding issues
Read the full report at: https://transactual.org.uk/healthcare-professionals-report-25
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