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reply posted on 20-9-2012 @ 04:07 PM by glen200376
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And what's the matter with being a flag waving patriot?Perhaps if more people were and weren't demonised by the real extremists i.e. the left wing bleeding hearts we wouldn't have so many problems with our countries being sold down the river to the highest bidder or the endless supply of cheap foreign labour.This liberal(allegedly progressive but that's debatible)attitude has brought middle eastern problems to our homelands.


reply posted on 21-9-2012 @ 05:38 AM by Freeborn
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........with a failing national healthcare service,...........


I know this is slightly off-topic but just wonder how you come to this conclusion.

I agree with most of what you posted especially about the banking system and housing situation but whilst I acknowledge that the NHS could and indeed should be better it is still one of the best health services provided in the world and is something we should be proud of.
I think far too many people take our NHS for granted and really should experience what other nations have on offer.

Apologies for the off topic post but I very much doubt it will derail the thread.


reply posted on 21-9-2012 @ 05:53 AM by Hyena
Freeborn,

Happy to go into further depth.

Yes, I agree the NHS is something to be proud of, but the problem with is we are having a lot of immigrants coming as health tourists which is causing a large bump in waiting lists, on top of that a lot of doctors are moving more into the private sector simply due to the poor management structure of the NHS prompting them to seek grassier climates.

The NHS still works, yes, but compared to how it was 20 years ago it's become a bloated nightmare of red tape and poor management. For example, they built a new hospital near me, which has consistantly performed poorly across several boards including maternity while closing two others in the nearby area leaving the sites derelict. They are also doing it in several other London boroughs.

We should be thankful for free healthcare, but the NHS is supported by high level injections of funding and its been publicly accepted that if it keeps on its current course its going to fail, hence the current system of overseas investment being introduced (cant find a link but it's defintly been on BBC News site in the last month or so) in an effort to get money beyond the government. Plus dont forget that huge drama with the hugely expensive IT system they introduced that never really worked properly, the NHS has been a huge drain in taxpayers money.

With the right management it could regain its former glory, but at the moment its a functioning but heading towards an iceburg.


reply posted on 21-9-2012 @ 07:04 AM by stumason
reply to post by yourmaker



The US (and pretty much every world power) has War plans for all sorts of scenarios. The American one you speak of was just one in a whole list of possible war scenarios with every other major player on the planet at the time.

Nothing sinister in that.

As for the OP, nothing but conjecture and rumour with nothing to back it up. He hasn't even named the "terrorist group" we're apparently supporting.

And just for kicks, the NHS isn't "failing". It is one of the best in the world, in fact. Consistently, over the past decade, satisfaction reports have been on the increase. Albeit, there is a penchant for red tape introduced by Labour and their targets, but all the "waste" in the NHS can be got rid of, which is exactly what the government is trying to do, but with much resistance from the left wing who think it is ok for the Government to spend like there is no tomorrow to the point where 55% of GDP is down to Government spending.

No economy in the world can support that level of spending for long. Look to the left and Labour for that mess. They didn't get rid of boom and bust, they merely deferred it by taking out more loans!


reply posted on 21-9-2012 @ 07:04 AM by Freeborn
reply to post by Hyena



Thanks for the reply.
It's re-assuring that you value the NHS as far too many don't and they take it for granted.

The biggest fault with the NHS has always been serial mis-management and there is very much an inherent 'jobs for the boys culture' - inability and incompetence are rewarded with redeployment and at times promotion rather than the sack.
For all the lip service about applying private sector disciplines and practices in the public sector there is still a reluctance to employ managers from the private sector.

Of course the need for professional management needs to be complimented by the level of care and service etc that we expect from the NHS and should not be overly burdened by the current obsession with efficiency and profit.

Staff are becoming disillusioned with longer hours, increased work loads and all for relatively less pay as Cameron's austerity cuts bite hard.
This will only get worse as Cameron maintains his drive towards destroying the NHS as we know it and forcing us down the road to private health care - strange that at least over 60 Conservative MP's have business interests that will profit from a privatised NHS.

Yes, lot's of immigrants are taking advantage of our NHS - and why do you think Cameron - and Blair and Brown before him - has done nothing to address this? Because it maintains pressure on the NHS and helps provide negative publicity and influence the publics perception that we have an ailing NHS.

And again yes, bureaucracy and red tape ties up so much resource and wasted man hours - integrated cross departmental process seems like an alien concept.
Experienced nurses are bogged down with administrative duties - whatever happened to the old Matrons etc?

Yes, there is much to bemoan about the NHS and it should be a damn site better than what it is - but it is still head and shoulders better than most countries health care systems.
Far too many people take it for granted as they haven't experienced anything else.

But something needs to be done now before it is allowed to deteriorate beyond repair.

I suggest that if we want to maintain this discussion we should do so in another thread so as not to derail this one.

edit on 21/9/12 by Freeborn because: spelling

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