JazzG
I could write a couple of essays but will keep it short. The NHS is a ripe plum for the transfer of public funds to CEOs and shareholders.
Streeting, Reeves and Starmer are committed to privatisation. Alan Milburn, a former health secretary who spearheaded NHS's privatisation in the early 2000s, is back and will be a part of Streeting's NHS "reform". This despite him being deeply compromised and earning hundreds of thousands when he worked for private health and corporations like Pepsi. Streeting himself has received the majority of his political donations from private health.
Streeting's "reform" consultation will be revealed next spring and there are, almost certainly, going to be two or three big strategic shifts that'll mean patients have less access to high quality care. I can't go into the details now, but the gist is: Streeting and his pals want fewer people in hospitals. People receiving complex medical treatments inside a hospital is expensive.
One plan is to use algorithms in medical analyses and then to prescribe medication as a form of prevention. These algorithms will be overseen and actioned by cheap assosicates and not experienced doctors. Expect overprescription of cholesterol, hypertension, hypotension and antidepressant pills in the hope of keeping people away from hospitals. More prescriptions also means happier private companies.
I expect more "Connecting For Health" fiascos, where the cost ballooned from an initial £2bn to £20bn.
