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The NHS has been severely damaged by the coalition government over the last 4 years.
But don’t just take my word for that.
Dr Mark Porter, the head of the BMA, thinks so too. That’s not just some lefty anti-government think-tank – that’s the British Medical Association, which represents 153,000 doctors, GPs and other medical specialists and staff across the country.
Dr Porter gave a devastating speech today to the BMA Annual Representatives Meeting in which he astonishingly said the coalition government must “face up to the damage that they have done” to the NHS.
In his dramatic speech, Dr Porter specifically listed the ways that the NHS has been damaged over the last 4 years by the Tories and the Liberal Democrats:
- The coalition government have imposed policies that “force us to do the absolute opposite of what our patients need”.
- The coalition government have made cuts to frontline services in the NHS that “eat away at the fabric of care and destroy innovation”.
- The coalition government have “imposed in England a new NHS without evidence, without mandate and without support”.
- The coalition government have spent “at least £1.6 billion” implementing their top-down reforms to the NHS which continue to “consume the energies of thousands of NHS staff who never even wanted it, just to stop it unravelling”.
- Since the coalition government passed their NHS reforms, there has been “a bumper year for the multinationals”- especially for their “armies of lawyers and accountants who find the curative so lucrative”.
- The coalition government – through their “misguided legislation” – have been “doing the exact opposite” of “working to make it better for patients”.
- NHS commissioning managers “are being driven to distraction by the madness of the market”.
- The coalition government’s agenda on the NHS is “to override any investment, suppress any incentive, erode any service, in the single interest of bleeding every penny it can out of the system”.
- The coalition government have spent billions on “fragmenting care by forcing the NHS to open up to private bidders” and on “droves of management consultants with their pointless flipcharts”.
- The coalition government have wasted money on “untested policies, not hard-working public servants”.
- There has been a chronic lack of investment in “emergency medicine, in general practice, in public health, in mental health, across the NHS”.
- The coalition government’s “blanket refusal to invest” is “economic illiteracy”.
- There have been “four years of waste and cuts and missed opportunities”.
And finally this gem:
- The only single cause for celebration about the coalition government’s reforms of the NHS is “that most of it doesn’t apply in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland”.
So there you have it – straight from the horse’s mouth.
The Tories and the Lib Dems have done their best to destroy the NHS in England over the last 4 years.
So if you know anyone who still needs a reason not to vote for either of the coalition parties at the next election?
Tell them to take their pick from any of the above.
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You can see the full transcript of Dr Porter’s speech here:
BMA Chair of Council Dr Mark Porter’s Speech
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John Ward said:
Ever since Lancelot Lansley’s lunatic plans began, the NHS was doomed. Then Dorian Hunt minced in, and accelerated the process.
http://hat4uk.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/how-andrew-lansley-turned-the-nhs-into-the-nhmess/
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PendanticGeek said:
This speech got a SMALL mention on radio 4 and the prospect of maybe thinking about the possibility of a 3rd high speed vanity project got top billing. #SatansFrenchPolishers
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pearson1937 said:
I have spoken in a tactful way to too many people who are saying ‘Oh, but they are all the same’! personally I don’t agree and I wish they would put more energy and imagination into their thinking – What to say to them? can anyone offer advice please.
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auntiecon said:
It’s very clear to me what this devious government is up to. Cut it to the bone so it becomes useless and then privatise it with the excuse that that’s the only way it will work.
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Mike Sivier said:
Reblogged this on Vox Political and commented:
You should probably print this out and keep it handy if a Tory or Tory Democrat comes canvassing on your street.
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royboxer said:
Reblogged this on royboxer and commented:
How did it take so long for one of hem to get the balls to come out against these thieves and cheats in Government.
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elizapdushku said:
Reblogged this on elizapdushku's World.
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leonc1963 said:
Reblogged this on Diary of an SAH Stroke Survivor.
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Emma Waites said:
shared on facebook… totally agree with every thing the BMA stated, quite alot of it is there to see for anyone caring to look instead of just listening to the coalition spouting about ring fenced funding and the like
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jaypot2012 said:
At last someone with a bit of clout comes out with it, and does it well with so many reasons. Now lets see if others will come out and say so as well.
I’m lucky that I live in Scotland and that most of my family are in Wales, I dread to think how my family in England are faring with young children and the NHS.
We have to stop this dreadful chopping up of the NHS and we could have done if people would have pulled together.
I hope we gain independence because if we don’t, it’ll be our NHS that will be ripped to shreds by a load of vultures!
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jaypot2012 said:
Reblogged this on Jay's Journal and commented:
Well done that man…
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uppitymonkey said:
Reblogged this on uppitymonkey and commented:
Regardless of how you vote, this is a very important list of issues facing the NHS in the UK today.
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zoek said:
Sick to death of the media talking down the NHS, only negative stories in the Daily Fail, etc. The government agenda is to discredit it to such an extent that the sheeple will be begging for private health insurance, and lo and behold, in steps Unum to sign them all up. All mps to make massive profit on their investments. Sickening!
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A6er said:
Reblogged this on Britain Isn't Eating and commented:
The real state of the NHS as told by the BMA themselves
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micant1812 said:
Reblogged this on My Blog.
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Smiling Carcass said:
Reblogged this on SMILING CARCASS'S TWO-PENNETH.
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seagullnic said:
Reblogged this on No Time to Think and commented:
Incisive and true
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auntiecon said:
One could say corrupt.
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auntiecon said:
Certainly agree with you. Hunt was on Radio 4 this morning denying there were any problems and trying to tell us what wonderful things they’ve done for the NHS – he clearly believes we are stupid enough to believe him rather than the elite of the BMA! We need more of these people to speak out against their propaganda.
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Keith Clements said:
Tell them to vote Green Party, the only political party GENUINELY dedicated to keeping the NHS in public ownership.
They could also join the Green Party and help in the fight.
Go to http://www.greenparty.org.uk and click on ‘Join’
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casalealex said:
Unfortunately, we have been conned, good and proper. They have actually privatised the NHS before our eyes, and it should no longer be called the National Health Service, because it is trading under a false premise. There are many different companies involved in the running of it, and each is in it to make a profit, thereby ensuring that shareholders will gain whilst ‘customers’ lose.
“At 2.10pm on the afternoon of Tuesday, 27th March 2012, immediately after prayers from the Lord Bishop of Ripon and Leeds, The Health and Social Care Bill repealing the legal foundations of the NHS in England was given royal assent and became law.” – NHS SOS
We did not vote for the abolition of the NHS. Neither was it part of the Coalition agreement. And, unlike those citizens who reside in England, citizens of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will continue to have an NHS – under the law. – NHS SOS
I don’t think the public voted to lose the NHS. This government did not have a mandate from the people! Read NHS SOS if you want to know the truth about how we lost the NHS.
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amnesiaclinic said:
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Just appalling. We need a radical about turn. All that wasted money and time could have been used on patient care!
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chloehelliott said:
Despite all of this, the mainstream media somehow manages to push the idea of NHS ‘reform’ (i.e. privatization and destruction) by emphasising any weakness exhibited by the health service.
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