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Originally Posted by peanut
I have no idea on what's to come or how they're going to sort things out. But for me to feel cautiously optimistic is at least a step in the right direction.
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The new MP for Leicester NW is a friend and colleague. Also a bonus that the former MP lost his deposit.
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Originally Posted by LakieLady
That's exactly how Blair reduced waiting lists, and I don't recall there being a huge outcry at the time.
The trust where I live has been using private hospitals ever since then, I had an NHS op in one a couple of years ago, because my wait was about to breach their target time. It frees up NHS capacity to concentrate on the more complex cases that can't be done in the private sector.
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As the private surgeon who operated on a friend pointed out, they are chasing the same nurses as the NHS and costs constrain what they can pay.