A&E, cancer and maternity units to close in major vandalism on NHS by Tories and their stooges
![Prof Sir Bruce Keogh argues that centralising some types of medical care benefits patients. Does anybody accept that, in this context? [Image: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images].](https://voxpoliticalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/161118-NHS.png)
Prof Sir Bruce Keogh argues that centralising some types of medical care benefits patients. Does anybody accept that, in this context? [Image: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images].
You don’t close down a unit that could give valuable life-saving treatment to somebody – when it matters – and tell them to trek who-knows-how-many-miles down the road instead. They’ll be dead on arrival.
Sir Bruce Keogh can say whatever Jeremy Hunt tells him to, and I’ll call him a Tory stooge, because that’s what he is – and a dangerous liability to the health service, and the health of people across England.
How much more of this homicidal stupidity do we have to take?
When do the Tories cross the line?
Do we have to wait until people start to die – after these reckless and irresponsible plans are put into action and the health service cut beyond its ability to cope?
Or should the people who actually do the work in the health service just say enough is enough and refuse to go through with it?
I know it’s not a practical solution but neither is a plan for “sustainability and transformation” that transforms our internationally-revered health system into a death trap.
These so-called plans have gone too far already. They’re to be ripped up and a strong – and lasting – message sent to the swine who created them.
And the next person to see Jeremy Hunt should actually kick his ass. Hard.
Thousands of hospital beds are set to disappear, pregnant women will face long trips to give birth and a string of A&E units will be downgraded or even closed altogether as part of controversial NHS plans to reorganise healthcare in England.
A Guardian analysis of the 24 NHS regional plans that have now been published – more than half the total of 44 – has found that health service chiefs plan to push through an unprecedented centralisation of key hospital services across England.
Opposition to the plans is growing among campaign groups, councillors and a growing number of MPs, including Conservatives, in areas where major changes are planned amid fears that patients will be unable to access urgent care quickly enough.
Source: A&E, cancer and maternity units to close in major NHS overhaul | Society | The Guardian
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About time we all realised that the killing off of our people’s NHS is a fair accompli!
I seem to have misunderstood most of these Tory schemes as I thought a “minster for health” was just that whereas is seems we have in Jeremy Hunt a minister against health.
And NO one can stop them a country of mouths and moans
We have already seen the effects of this thanks to the vicious attack on Stafford hospital which allowed them to remove services and move them to Stoke, the hard shoulder on the M6 northbound has been renamed the birth canal, because no thought was given to the logistics of moving patients further so no extra ambulances have been provided, but don’t expect the biased media to be reporting this or creating headlines about it any time soon.
You can do something to help as the Local Authorities are a major part of this carve up and the councillors need a bloody good shake up to put aside their political obedience and act for the good of those they represent in their areas. This link auto finds your councillors to protest about this slash and burn mentality
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/stp-plans
Mike: When do the Tories cross the line? They’ve already done that and more, lots more. It’s been one assault against the NHS after another.
>>“The public may be understandably concerned about travelling further to access A&E care. But in many cases that will be a price worth paying for a higher standard of care, and the same would apply to maternity services.
Such honied words doesn’t matter if a few people die as long as money is made and the Tories aren’t affected they all have private health care. It’s time people of the UK wake up stop worrying about rubbish like the X-factor, worry about the NHS destruction the fix is in the white paper. It’s time to fight and protest before it’s gone as this blog has informed you, Tories want the NHS broken up and sold off to their mates do you?