{"id":2801,"date":"2016-11-09T02:25:23","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T02:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/?p=2801"},"modified":"2018-06-30T19:17:07","modified_gmt":"2018-06-30T19:17:07","slug":"nhs-privatisation-life-without-the-nhs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/nhs-privatisation-life-without-the-nhs\/","title":{"rendered":"National Health Service Privatisation – Life Without The NHS"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Judy<\/a><\/p>\n

Anybody born after 1945 is likely to take the National Health Service (NHS) for granted. It is our divine right, isn’t it? Well actually no, it isn’t. The national health service is a service borne of poverty, protest, and the vote. Without those actions, the national health service would not exist. Sadly, NHS privatisation is slowly but surely taking place. At the moment, it remains free at the point of service, but the Tory government does not intend to keep it that way. It matters not that we pay National Insurance contributions, it is a lucrative area and corporations want their share of the profits. We are at crossroads, one of a government touting false tales of medical tourism, which occasionally happens, and stagnate income. \u00a0On the other side, there are many politicians across the parties with interests in private healthcare. So can we afford life without the NHS?<\/p>\n

Life Before The National Health Service<\/span><\/h2>\n

I don’t know what life was like before the NHS, but nonagenarian, Harry Smith does. He says that life before the NHS was a bleak and\u00a0barbarous time<\/a>. I believe him. \u00a0‘A doctor\u2019s visit could cost half a week\u2019s wages, so most people relied on good fortune rather than medical advice. But luck and guile went only so far.’ \u00a0Harry also recalls that ‘The workhouse was not used only as a prison for poverty; it also had a primitive infirmary attached to it, where the poor could receive limited medical attention.’ Alarm bells sounded when I read ‘Some historians [call it] \u201cthe Roaring Twenties\u201d but for most it was a long death rattle. Wages were low, rents were high and there was little or no job protection’. Harry’s article\u00a0\u201cHunger, filth, fear, and death\u201d: remembering life before the NHS<\/a>\u00a0is compelling reading and a warning to us all.<\/p>\n

NHS Privatisation\u00a0<\/span>& Politics<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Unite Union found 71 coalition MPs who voted for NHS privatisation had a connection to health firms. Some are listed below with further details at the\u00a0National Health Action Party<\/a> site.<\/p>\n

Jeremy Hunt \u2013 Health Secretary
\nHunt received \u00a332,920 from hedge fund baron Andrew Law, a major investor in healthcare firms.<\/p>\n

Sajid Javid –\u00a0Communities Secretary
\nJavid received \u00a311,000 from Moundsley Healthcare Ltd.<\/p>\n

David Cameron \u2013 Former Prime Minister
\nCameron gave a peerage to nursing and care home tycoon Dolar Popat, who has given the Tories more than \u00a3200,000 in donations.<\/p>\n

Iain Duncan-Smith \u2013 Former Work and Pensions Secretary
\nIDS held shares in hygiene technology company Byotrol Plc, which sells products to the NHS.<\/p>\n

Andrew Lansley – Former Health Secretary
\nLansley was the architect of NHS privatisation. In 2009 he received a \u00a321,000 donation from the former chairman of Care UK, John Nash.<\/p>\n

Simon Burns \u2013 Former Health Minister
\nBurns attended an oncology conference paid for by Aventis Pharma – a five-day trip to the US funded by a leading drug firm.<\/p>\n

Harriet Baldwin – Former Tory Whip
\nBaldwin is also a former executive at JP Morgan, who are a major player in private healthcare.<\/p>\n

NHS Privatisation<\/span><\/h2>\n

It would seem that purchasing a home is beyond the reach of the next generation. \u00a0They will be\u00a0the first generation in modern history to achieve less financially than their parents. \u00a0It is up to us all to see that at least we provide them with a functioning free at the point of service NHS.<\/p>\n

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National health service Privatisation is not necessary. Before the NHS affordable health care was beyond the reach of most people. That must not happen again.<\/p>\n

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