tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189064357283855936.post2129927392198666477..comments2024-02-01T09:25:16.606+00:00Comments on Bubb's Blog: Of one mind!Sir Stephen Bubbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13575202213305419556noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189064357283855936.post-91827354357761042772012-09-07T16:45:25.262+01:002012-09-07T16:45:25.262+01:00Mr Bubb, its quite startling to see that Cameron i...Mr Bubb, its quite startling to see that Cameron is keen to rubber stamp competition recommendations without actually seeing them - it does give me the feeling that he is pursuing it as an ideological goal without much consideration for the details or repercussions, anything containing privatisation is almost automatically agreed, it just needs someone to suggest it in any coherent way.<br /><br />You say there seems to be greater coherence around the issue of competition, but I'm not sure what that opinion is based on, as no-one I know, and apparently not much of the NHS or public, seem to agree. Its a shame that the formal consultation process was not adhered to. That would appear to be the purpose of a listening process, which was purportedly the reason behind the pause, although its fairly obvious, and always was, that the pause was to allow public sentiment to tire so that some fairly unpopular legislation could be pushed through. It would seem that the democratic process has been successfully duped. <br /><br />Your example of the mother with altruistic children doesn't disprove the need for support from local communities, it just proves that some local communities have abusive members, a local supportive group is still a good thing, especially when some parts of a local community are antagonistic. National charities can be useful in that situation, but then so can local ones.<br /><br />Your news on possible merger of charities appears to indicate that far from choice, market forces are actually forming a "monopolistic" charitable umbrella, and as it seems you are close to Cameron and have been selected for your alignment with his views, then there is very little difference between the state and the charitable sector lead. Why not go one step further and merge the two? Its not such a great leap, and then we could unify health provision and the state again, and this uncomfortable mess would be resolved.<br /><br />Having talked to a few health professionals it would appear that the standards in many institutions are being pressed in the name of profit - I have heard of several instances where managers are unprofessional and are promoting bad practise, but this is not being challenged as profits are not damaged. While this was also a danger under non-profit institutions due to general institutionalisation, it appears to be more common when highlighting care problems threatens profit. Do you have any ideas about how to address this systemic problem within a profit-based system, as currently it has not been effectively solved?<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13418176828952806783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189064357283855936.post-78296985262148623722011-06-10T15:43:03.596+01:002011-06-10T15:43:03.596+01:00Oh dear...
http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/?q=...Oh dear...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/?q=node/1154" rel="nofollow">http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/?q=node/1154</a>Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453335111028642014noreply@blogger.com