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Comment on Health inequalities and Grimmer Up North by xraypat

xraypat — Fri, 24 May 2013 11:56:00 +0000

Excelent Thank you Ian

Comment on What do we do now the NHS bill looks like becoming law? by Sean Parlor

Sean Parlor — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:17:31 +0000

What do we do now? Simple find out the business money donors to the Conservative and Liberal Democrat Party and Boycot those businesses. How about a Blue Watch and a Orange Watch such has the Red Watch in the 1980′s and 1990′s. Paint a Blue NHS sign on Tory and Lib Dem business supportors.

Comment on The NHS bill as a failure of democracy by How Do We Reverse the Health and Social Care Bill? « beyondclicktivism

How Do We Reverse the Health and Social Care Bill? « beyondclicktivism — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:10:23 +0000

[...] As Professor Ian Greener notes, the Health and Social care bills “represents a comprehensive failure of democracy.” [...]

Comment on What do we do now the NHS bill looks like becoming law? by Dr Helena McKeown

Dr Helena McKeown — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:03:15 +0000

Pragmatic advice alongside Maritn Rathfelder’s top five. Don’t forget we need honest MPs too – they need to engage with shift of NHS resources from hospital to NHS community care . We need an open debate on health care priorities not a lottery depending on your ability to use your sharp elbows or top up money. We need an open dialogue about who and how we pay for social care. We shoild recognise and reward good care eg write thank youis naming individuals & exemplars of good care as well as knowing how to report poor care, and if ignored, have protection to whistleblow.

Comment on What do we do now the NHS bill looks like becoming law? by carolinemolloy

carolinemolloy — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:20:20 +0000

1) http://38degrees.uservoice.com/forums/78585-campaign-suggestions/suggestions/2634311-organise-a-huge-march-against-the-health-social if you only have 30 seconds, vote here for 38 degrees to call a big NHS demo, such visible protest is essential to give health workers the confidence to act in some of the ways suggested above – and spread the word about this poll.

Comment on What do we do now the NHS bill looks like becoming law? by Dr Dean Jenkins

Dr Dean Jenkins — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:52:28 +0000

Excellent points Ian. I have just emailed my local CCG – Kernow CCG about action points 2 and 3!

Comment on What do we do now the NHS bill looks like becoming law? by Dave Neary (@DaveNeary1)

Dave Neary (@DaveNeary1) — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:42:19 +0000

A twin track approach seems to be the best option to me. Firstly, got to try to make the best of a very bad piece of legislation in terms of increasing accountability for the reconfiguration of services. When decisions about any qualified provider are made then they have to be in the local public domain. It is still our money that is being managed in the NHS so if it is going to for-profit providers then they have to be held accountable. Secondly, the duty to reduce health inequalities along with the changes in the public health system need to be constantly in the news. I want Directors of Public Health to be shouting about how health inequalities are increasing due to the wider social determinants of health and the regressive effects of Coalition policies. There are bound to be major difficulties in the transition to the new system and I want the costs of this unnecessary re-organisation to be high profile for the next year and more. I want CCGs making bizarre/odd/dubious decisions on which treatments to fund to be held up to scrutiny so that the variation and fragmentation of services is apparent. I WANT TO TOXIFY THE NHS FOR THE COALITION FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS SO THAT EVERY DECISION TAKEN LOCALLY IS LIKE A BEDPAN RATTLING THROUGH THE HALLS OF WESTMINSTER.

Comment on What do we do now the NHS bill looks like becoming law? by John Hully @PutneyDebates

John Hully @PutneyDebates — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:59:38 +0000

Use all available data including FOI (while it applies) to get baseline of NHS on key H&C Bill points (such as private income) and then monitor changes.

Putting ourselves onto whatever governance bodies we can, as suggested above, is crucial.

Comment on What do we do now the NHS bill looks like becoming law? by Alex Smith

Alex Smith — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:27:39 +0000

Just like the miners in Wales had penny subscriptions, local communities need to buy into the CCGs. If we can convince local communities to subsidise, in a minimal sense, their NHS services, it may stem the tide of the large private healthcare companies undercutting existing local NHS services. It will also put local people in the driving seat of their services, just as the miners were in Wales.

Comment on What do we do now the NHS bill looks like becoming law? by Christoclifford

Christoclifford — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:45:23 +0000

This is excellent advice. I am a volunteer on a LINk Health now pathfinder for HealthWatch. Our CCG has written to the Prime Minister asking him to drop the bill.
We discussed this very issue and decided that if if the bill was passed we had to subvert its implementation by being a very good Health Watch and support our CCG to ensure the best patient care. Also to remember that in 2015 it will change. So the pressure and challenge is with us until at least then.
Thank you and a those health professionals with you for the fantastic fight you have been leading