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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
My God, the indoctrination of this tired old narrative knows no bounds, Dave!
The NHS will always be free at the point of delivery. Why should it matter who delivers it, as long as they are competent?
I've seen enough of the people I know who have opted in the end for private health treatment that they have paid for, who say they are amazed at how well they were treated compared with their previous NHS experiences.
Why should I, or anyone else, worry that my treatment is provided by the private sector if I don't have to pay for it?
Oh, and by the way, the last period of Labour Government introduced a fair amount of privatisation, so let's not go down that ideological route!
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Let's go down that route, the creeping privatisation of the NHS can only end one way and it won't be fee at the point of use. We are already seeing private patients being given beds in NHS cancer wards at the expense of the public. Private ambulances are costing more and more for a worse service and who does oily little Gideon Osbourne invite to discuss opportunities with, our closest neighbours in Europe or America, yes didn't need two guesses did you. The thing I find most worrying is the lack of transparency, if what's happening is good for the public you think they'd want to tell us all how well they'd done rather than hide figures.