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by robertlagrant
1404 days ago
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> And yet it is the private system in the UK that is taking away scarce supply from the NHS making it more vulnerable. It's not a system doing it. Healthcare professionals are choosing to work for private companies instead of the NHS. If you would like to ban that, then say so, but don't pretend there's an amorphous system to blame. |
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Some of that demand has money, therefore the private system will take capacity away from the NHS to supply the money. Of course it will.
That is jumping the queue.
Therefore as a society we have to ask whether we want to uphold the NHS's founding aim: "Healthcare free at the point of delivery based upon need not ability to pay".
We can't fix the supply shortage by taxing the rich. But we can stop the queue jumping by constraining who private healthcare is permitted to treat and in what order.
For the record I don't like the Fast Track queues at Alton Towers either. That's not the British way. In Britain we stand in line - whether Lord or Leper.