Postman Pep
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So not only is there an abundance of 'spare capacity' in the private sector ... it is also 'doesn't need paying for'.Is it realistic to "stuff the doctors' pockets with money" to get them not to do private work? Streeting isn't a new Nye, and it's not 1948. But from talking to a senior nurse at Spire doing 12 hour shifts, I'd suggest that if the restoration of "real" pay to address retention will be the real test of commitment to the NHS - and they're not saying anything that feeds "How are you paying for this?".
(Michael Sheen in stage play Nye is in cinemas in the next couple of weeks)
Makes you wonder why nobody has tried this before. Probably because if the Tories tried it people would see it for the sleight of hand it is.
He is probably right, also, in saying that only a Labour health secretary can deliver radical reform because the public is more likely to trust its motives.
https://archive.is/F3hHD