A new analysis by We Own It reveals that £6.7 billion, or £10 million each week, has left the NHS’s budget in the form of profits on all private contracts given by the NHS from January 2012 to May 2024.
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And how long would it take to replace those services from scratch if we cut out all private services and reinvested that money. How many people’s care would be delayed & suffer?
Should we not stabilise the NHS first and build capacity so they can phase them out?
So frustrating. People on the left and the right just want this to fail. Give their steady approach a chance I say. They have to keep things going while they try to improve.
How does wasting 30-40% of the healthcare budget on private providers help to keep hospitals going? We can't afford to pay the NHS £10k for treatment, but we can spend £13k on private provision?
The economics of the madhouse.
But you don't replace those services from scratch. There are a limited number of clinicians, they work in both sectors ie one pool of staff. Money spent into the private sector takes resources (money and staff) from the NHS.
Not all medical staff work in the NHS, not all facilities are within the NHS, not all medical staff will want to work in the NHS.
The money & time to set up & integrate these services into the NHS will inevitably cause delays. How’s that going to help the 6+million people on waiting lists?
My limited experience is that many of these service providers, esp the tech ones, (MyChart, Swiftqueue etc) have been poorly installed and have reduced NHS efficiency rather than improved it.
I don’t disagree that that is probably the case. However, they are better than nothing, which is what we would have if they were stripped out.
That would inevitably negatively impact those on waiting lists.
Waiting lists have already come down for 4 consecutive months during winter, that’s Labour
A GP I know has told me that companies have been set up by former NHS managers. They win contracts from the ICBs who are NHS managers. They pay themselves huge salaries, while cutting back on services.
Imagine the hospital upgrades and retained staff for that money over that period??
Greed of capitalist health co's is beyond reasonable & they don't deserve the contracts.
1. Public sector contracts should always have clauses determining the taxation of dividends and fees within the UK.
The experts say it isn’t possible, but that’s because the experts make a living out of designing tax structures.
2. Most NHS contractors are American globals who use tax havens.
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Should we not stabilise the NHS first and build capacity so they can phase them out?
& focus on reducing waiting lists?
You cannot improve the NHS without first stabilising it. That stabilising needs a whole range of approaches, as the government are doing.
And we are starting to see the benefits of their plans.
The alternative is to let people suffer for longer as their treatment is delayed further.
The government certainly aren't thinking that. They are working on a 10 year plan that will be released soon.
At least you and I get this!
It’s so frustrating that people put their ideological bias in front of people’s needs
The economics of the madhouse.
The money & time to set up & integrate these services into the NHS will inevitably cause delays. How’s that going to help the 6+million people on waiting lists?
That would inevitably negatively impact those on waiting lists.
Waiting lists have already come down for 4 consecutive months during winter, that’s Labour
Greed of capitalist health co's is beyond reasonable & they don't deserve the contracts.
The experts say it isn’t possible, but that’s because the experts make a living out of designing tax structures.
2. Most NHS contractors are American globals who use tax havens.