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Originally Posted by richard1960
Right i can reply a bit more in length now where in the conservative manifesto in 2010 did it state up to 49% of beds in NHS hospitals could be used for private patients.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16337904
Thats quite a major change from the way it stands now.
I also did not see any mention of deregulated tariffs for hospitals.
Currently hospitals have to charge a fixed tariff for a specific procedure, but under the reforms, they will be allowed to charge lower, more competitive prices. The British Medical Association has "concerns over the use of... deregulated tariffs in the NHS, because this system brings with it price competition, which can risk basing decisions on price rather than on clinical need".
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spreading the use of the nhS tariff, so funding follows patients’ choices;
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http://www.general-election-2010.co....y-back-the-nhs
yes they did ,the deregulated tarriffs will be in conjunction with "best practice" for each procedure so no matter what is charged the same standard must be adhered to
I repeat Chase farm A&E was not closed by the government it was a recommended closure by the IRP
If you think that political parties put all proposals in minute detail into their manifestos then you are mistaken ,however in the case of NHS reform it was quite comprehensively covered ,so you can't say that the voting public didn't have a chance to vote for it .