General Election - 4th July 2024

[Pedestrian]

Yeah but can be misleading. My local hospital has a large A&E dept with a consultant always on hand. There is no waiting for treatment or a bed and it is excellent. However they do not offer several services which helps to pay for the A&E. I need extensive orthopedic care for my hips and spine. Not available at the nhs hospital so I have to go once a fortnight to a private hospital paid for on a case by case basis by the nhs.
Local budget decisions are crucial to what sevice you receive.
Years ago, I designed a fact based algorithm for a large nhs trust to help them decide on budgets. It replaced a system of “he who shouts loudest” for decisions between departments. The clinical heads loved it and it was adopted by 5 trusts with great success.

Every ED in the country has a consultant working. No ED in the country has a zero wait time for treatment. Every NHS trust in the country has a bed crisis.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Yeah but can be misleading. My local hospital has a large A&E dept with a consultant always on hand. There is no waiting for treatment or a bed and it is excellent. However they do not offer several services which helps to pay for the A&E. I need extensive orthopedic care for my hips and spine. Not available at the nhs hospital so I have to go once a fortnight to a private hospital paid for on a case by case basis by the nhs.
Local budget decisions are crucial to what sevice you receive.
Years ago, I designed a fact based algorithm for a large nhs trust to help them decide on budgets. It replaced a system of “he who shouts loudest” for decisions between departments. The clinical heads loved it and it was adopted by 5 trusts with great success.

The waiting lists show how bad the state of the NHS is too though.

We should have our own nationalised R&D sector that makes and creates drugs at cost price, whilst selling to the international market at market rates. That’d create funding to be spent elsewhere.

The postcode lottery will always be there unless local trusts are removed altogether.

 

[KS55]

Thanks and I will, I remember pre 97 and virtually no waiting lists and if there were they moved fast, what changed? It’s a complex issue and it also comes from LA funding being decimated so they could not provide care like they used to, where do the people go? The NHS of course

See my example at#291. You need to be much more critical than sloganising unless you are a politician! Get some facts, then decide.

 

[bluemoon32]

I think Rishi will step down when the Tories lose the election.

And just be replaced by some other utter ****

 

[KS55]

The waiting lists show how bad the state of the NHS is too though.

We should have our own nationalised R&D sector that makes and creates drugs at cost price, whilst selling to the international market at market rates. That’d create funding to be spent elsewhere.

The postcode lottery will always be there unless local trusts are removed altogether.

That would be great, but big pharma in crucial markets would object.
I don’t think it is desirable to abolish local trusts. GPs need to influence their local hospital.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

That would be great, but big pharma in crucial markets would object.
I don’t think it is desirable to abolish local trusts. GPs need to influence their local hospital.

Big business across the board needs putting back in its place. It’s probably the biggest reason we are all where we are worldwide.

 

[bluethrunthru]

gaslighter

Rishi Sunak Takes Staged Election Question from Conservative Councillor Posing as Ordinary Voter

Rishi Sunak Accused of Staging Question from ordinary voter who turns out to be conservative Councillor Ross Hill

bylinetimes.com

 

[Blue warrior]

Whatever happens with this election our armed forces need bolstering.

 

[bluemoon32]

Any party that guaranteed a plan to build loads of social housing urgently, would get my vote forever

 

[Lowtower]

Any party that guaranteed a plan to build loads of social housing urgently, would get my vote forever

Any party that showed any glimmer of hope for the working class and a fair society would get my vote.

Shame we don't have a decent option.