We Own It

Scottish party leaders: Commit to fight for our NHS

Open letter to all of Scotland's party leaders

To add your name:

https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/scottish-party-leaders-commit-fight-our-nhs

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The Lancet

The effect of health-care privatisation on the quality of care

Summary
Over the past 40 years, many health-care systems that were once publicly owned or financed have moved towards privatising their services, primarily through outsourcing to the private sector. But what has the impact been of privatisation on the quality of care?

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(24)00003-3/fulltext?link_id=2&can_id=759c237c2ad2e02c3402a6f21a846bf9&source=email-nhs-privatisation-is-linked-to-avoidable-deaths&email_referrer=email_2255395&email_subject=nhs-privatisation-is-linked-to-avoidable-deaths

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This article is more than 1 year old
NHS privatisation drive linked to rise in avoidable deaths, study suggests

Outsourcing accelerated by Lansley’s shakeup in 2012 linked to drop in care quality in landmark review
The privatisation of NHS care accelerated by Tory policies a decade ago has corresponded with a decline in quality and “significantly increased” rates of death from treatable causes, the first study of its kind says.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jun/29/nhs-privatisation-drive-linked-to-rise-in-avoidable-deaths-study-suggests?link_id=1&can_id=759c237c2ad2e02c3402a6f21a846bf9&source=email-nhs-privatisation-is-linked-to-avoidable-deaths&email_referrer=email_2255395&email_subject=nhs-privatisation-is-linked-to-avoidable-deaths

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Big Brother aka Palantir may be watching you more closely than you like in the future.
From the bird site via threadreader.

https://t.co/12fRwAYjzr

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Reverse the Privatisation of the National Health Service (NHS)

Petition:

https://chng.it/wvNJ56hwP9

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Reverse the Privatisation of the National Health Service (NHS)
Petition:

https://chng.it/nMZB8K9xxb

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The price of fascism; the return of Victorian era diseases.

‘It is shameful’: why the return of Victorian-era diseases to the UK alarms health experts

There has been a surge in cases of scabies and measles – both highly contagious – as well as rickets and scurvy, conditions we thought had been eradicated. Are public health cuts to blame?

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/18/return-of-victorian-era-diseases-to-the-uk-scabies-measles-rickets-scurvy

#NHSSOS #disease #health #ToryFail #ToryFascism

Normal Island News

The government somehow notices everyone needs a dentist
No one knows why they noticed during an election year

After 14 years in power, the UK government has somehow noticed that British people desperately need dentists and don’t much like their teeth falling out due to the unaffordability of private dentistry.

https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/the-government-somehow-notices-everyone?r=12u3ju&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

#NormalIslandNews #politics #satire #NHSSOS

Byline Times.

GPs in England at ‘Breaking Point’ Amid ‘Collapse in Morale’

A significant number of GPs are leaving permanent positions for locum roles or leaving clinical careers altogether, according to a new research by EveryDoctor
Josiah Mortimer
5 February 2024

Primary care doctors in England are feeling “despondent” and feel unable to provide adequate care given the current pressures on workloads and funding, Byline Times has been told.

https://bylinetimes.com/2024/02/05/gps-in-england-at-breaking-point-amid-collapse-in-morale/?

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