tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189064357283855936.post4207375921887856551..comments2024-02-01T09:25:16.606+00:00Comments on Bubb's Blog: Hunt on the NHSSir Stephen Bubbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13575202213305419556noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189064357283855936.post-73655914950705477842013-08-12T23:25:14.920+01:002013-08-12T23:25:14.920+01:00Blubb says "move more resources from hospital...Blubb says "move more resources from hospital to community". If he only worked in a jobbing general hospital he'd see that the pips are squeaking in secondary care and that there's no room to send even a penny more out of secondary care. But of course we COULD go down Blubbs's route. Then he and people rooting for the destruction of the hospital system will have to explain how all the crises in secondary care are dealt with.....6 hour waits on trollies in A/E, the worst cancer survival rates in Europe, Stafford situations, increasing waiting times for virtually all referals and much more. Lets give Stephen Blubb and his supporters the responsibility for sorting all this out on the reduced budget he proposes! The fact is the whole damned NHS is under-funded and switching the positions of the deckchairs wont save the 'Titanic' from going down. Only one thing will....scrap the NHS NOW before we're forced to do it as a crisis response and replace it with a compulsory insurance-based system. Not only will this make users more cognitive of the cost of the service but there will be an unseen bonus of massive proportions....... insurers will set premiums according to the risk. This means that there will be an immediate incentive on individuals to improve their health lifestyles because loaded premiums will crucify the obese, smokers, heavy drinkers and so on. At a stroke an insurance-based health system will cover NHS costs AND make us a more healthy nation. Funnily enough, the Germans, who are no fools, realised this years ago. Stop pretending the NHS can survive Sir Stephen and start suggesting viable alternatives!nitpickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13978105318465992275noreply@blogger.com