tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462652546051300479.post1732527735407333389..comments2024-02-13T00:08:04.640+00:00Comments on NHS Vault: Competitionrichard.bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10589364986804437392noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462652546051300479.post-41917803568764762002021-04-15T18:37:30.807+01:002021-04-15T18:37:30.807+01:00Elite competitions I think this is an informative ...<a href="https://www.revcomps.com/" rel="nofollow">Elite competitions</a> I think this is an informative post and it is very useful and knowledgeable. therefore, I would like to thank you for the efforts you have made in writing this article.Hafsa shaikhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06999809994852597554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462652546051300479.post-5040425323815475172011-05-22T15:38:01.203+01:002011-05-22T15:38:01.203+01:00I note your resentment t paying taxes. However, ha...I note your resentment t paying taxes. However, hat you do not acknowledge is that the private sector does next to no training at all (it costs something like £350k to train a doctor). The private sector does not have the cost of providing medical schools, nor the inconvenience of having doctors in training in wards or clinics. When you pay for private treatment what you are paying for is the hospital not to have those responsibilities - that is the benefits you are paying for. Yet the clinicians still need to be trained, so that is what you are paying your taxes for.<br /><br />Also the private sector does not have to provide a 24/7 emergency service, indeed, they do not *have* to provide anything. A private hospital could decide to close its doors tomorrow and they will have no consequences. <br /><br />You suggest that you have had to "scrimp and save" to get your treatment. If it is necessary treatment (and from your site I acknowledge that it is) then you should be able to get it on the NHS, if you cannot get it as NHS treatment then you have a legitimate concern. If it simply because you choose not to have it from an NHS hospital, then that is your choice. You are allowed to have private treatment. Should the NHS pay? Certainly not. You have chosen to pay extra, if you do not want to pay extra then use the NHS equivalent.<br /><br />The Conservatives suggested the "patients' passport" at the 2005 election - where you could use the NHS payment for the treatment at a private hospital and top it up yourself. The public quite rightly decided that this was a very bad idea because it would fragment the service. <br /><br />Incidentally, your comment at the end - "making full use of them - especially on a Friday after mid-day" you are aware, I hope, that many of the consultants in the private sector are actually NHS doctors who work .5 days a week and then spend their Friday afternoons and weekends doing private work? I am all for NHS consultants to be tied to the NHS and yes, working Friday afternoons and weekends, but that would mean there wouldn't be the staff for the private clinics.richard.bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589364986804437392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462652546051300479.post-43826637149464232442011-05-21T10:39:42.784+01:002011-05-21T10:39:42.784+01:00Just like to point out that although I am appalled...Just like to point out that although I am appalled at the Health and wotsit Bill, where it talks about opening up NHS facilities for private use, I am all in favour.<br />What many people forget it that those of us who scrimp and scrape to afford private healthcare, have also paid around £2000 (?) pp per year to NHS - for which we don't get any benefits. So the fact that we might save a bit on our insurance to help pay towards the double whammy we have to fork out each year, is welcome news.<br />What would make a lot more sense is if the NHS copied private sector in using theatres, radiotherapy and other machines, making full use of them - especially on a Friday after mid-day.Verite Reily Collinshttp://www.after-cancer.comnoreply@blogger.com