http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jun/18/nurses-debate-10-fee-to-visit-gp Nurses debate £10 fee to visit GP Patients would pay to see their GP This is an appalling proposition. Only recently, 31st March this year, a Labour peer, a former Labour minister in fact made a similar proposal, but suggested a tax of £10 to be collected monthly in conjunction with the Council tax. At the time, I wrote, "Imposing a monthly levy for everyone to use the NHS. A proposal from a former Labour Minister, who now sits in the house of Lords. This dinosaur from the House of dinosaurs should feel ashamed of his Guardian article, but clearly will feel no remorse as he reaches for his pen to complete another House of Lords.expenses claim . Warner, a appointee of Blair, (now there's a surprise) now works with the right wing think tank "Reform" and has co-authored a report that says "dramatic action is needed". It makes no mention, at least none reported,...
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http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/mar/23/family-doctor-service-brink-extinction?guni=Keyword:news-grid%20main-1%20Main%20trailblock:Editable%20trailblock%20-%20news:Position1 'Family doctor service on brink of extinction', says new GP leader A visit to the GP The ConDem coalition, particularly the Tory segment, will not be content until they have created the environment necessary to enable them to point to the "failure" of the NHS and in the same breath announce that only competition within the private sector can meet the needs for health care in the UK. The parasitic friends of the Tory's have already devoured large parts of the NHS are are queuing like marauding hyena's to scavenge at the remaing carcass. There has always been an intense resentment towards the NHS from within the Conservative party, and now it seems that they feel confident enough to disband the entire structure and revert to the health care and standards of ...
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/nhs-leaders-call-for-end-to-waves-of-criticism-of-health-service-9032207.html NHS leaders call for end to waves of criticism of health service 10 NHS groups have called for a "new page to be turned" in 2014 I would be the first to admit that in many areas the NHS provides a first class service and provides care and treatment for many of its patients. (I refuse to call anyone in need of medical attention "customers", as seems to be the jargon so popular with politicians and parts of NHS management). However, over recent years, and at an accelerating rate, standards have been declining as more and more medical staff become disillusioned with the constant "restructuring" of trusts, recruitment of more management strata at the expense of front line medical personnel and the resulting increase in A&E waiting times, cancelled appointments, declining standards in war...