1/2 of Britons avoid calling GP when ill
48% across #UK didn't ask their GP for help when got sick over past year, a survey found
Just over 1/4 (27%) managed ailment themselves or waited for it to go away, despite #doctors fearing avoiding #GP care could seriously damage person’s health
- Findings underline deep public concern about ability to access to vital #NHS services such as A&E, #GPs, #hospital treatment or #ambulance
Origin Energy secured up to $450 million in potential taxpayer-backed support (via the NSW govt's underwriting deal to extend Eraring coal plant operations) — while raking in massive profits (around $1.5 billion underlying in recent years, often rounded up in commentary).
This is classic fallout from the privatisation of NSW's energy assets: sell off public infrastructure like Eraring in 2013 for a quick buck, then years later, when reliability's at risk during the energy transition, taxpayers end up backstopping a private giant's coal ops.
Local workers face job uncertainty in the shift from coal, communities lose out, and everyday Aussies foot the bill through subsidies or higher bills — all while shareholders pocket the gains.
Privatisation leaves workers & taxpayers holding the bag. Time to rethink handing essential services to profit-driven corporates.
Get your rocks off Ventnor roads now
#Ventnor on the #IsleOfWight is a beautiful, unique Victorian #seaside resort much loved by locals and visitors alike.
Currently six of #Ventnor's #roads are blocked unnecessarily by minor rock debris that take a distressing average of 14 months for #PFI (for profit, contracted #corporation) Island Roads/County Council to clear.
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/get-your-rocks-off-ventnor-roads-now?source=Fediverse
#Privatisation #PrivatisationFail #PublicOwnership #WeOwnIt #PeoplelNotProfits #ToxicLabour
Ventnor on the Isle of Wight is a beautiful, unique Victorian seaside resort much loved by locals and visitors alike. Currently six of Ventnor's roads are blocked unnecessarily by minor rock debris that take a distressing average of 14 months for Island Roads/County Council to clear. The latest rock, on Belgrave Road, is much bigger and the inefficiency of the IOW council has ensured that the whole holiday season has been impacted by it. Despite inspections from the authorities, nothing has...
#England can learn from #Scotland's population #health plan
The framework is important guiding light over next 10 years in recognising what determines the Scottish population’s health and wellbeing is more than health care: that sectors and approaches need to work together to improve #health (working well in their own silos is not enough), and that living a good life matters as well as length of life
#PeopleNotProfits #NHS #SaveOurNHS #PrivatisationFail #LabourFail
#IsleOfWight councillor: Military Road’s Cliff Waring System failed over decade ago
She was prompted to act after noticing the flashing cliff warning lights along Military Road have not been operational for years
She was told that the early warning system installed in 1997 became failed sometime before 2013
These were never reinstated under the #Highways #PFI contract, it has been revealed.
#CutsKill #IOW #ToryScum #roads #RoadSafety #PrivatisationFail
Why Privatisation Keeps Failing Us: Healthscope’s Collapse
#HealthscopeCollapse, #MonetarySovereignty, #PrivatisationFail, #PublicServices
Healthscope’s downfall reveals the full cost of privatisation in Australia. Discover how public services are suffering and what we can do to reclaim them.
https://socialjusticeaustralia.com.au/why-privatisation-keeps-failing-us/
Same driver, 26 years apart in China.
Meanwhile, countries like Australia and the USA are in the same boat when it comes to trains. Rail doesn’t suit the interests of private trucking companies, airlines, and bus operators — so it’s been left to decay. When nations let big corporations call the shots on public infrastructure, everything starts to fall apart.
#publictransport #railfail #privatisationfail #corporategreed #australia #usa #infrastructuredecay #trainsmatter #lobbying
Key lessons of Covid are being forgotten UK scientists warn
The government promised to learn from the #pandemic but appears to be suffering from #Covid amnesia, forgetting devastating cost of an underfunded #health service & public services cut to the bone
There's no evidence the health service would be any better prepared today should another #lethal #virus appear in the near future, scientists said.
#NHS #SaveOurNHS #PrivatisationFail #PeopleNotProfits #HealthCare
Two #posties deployed to Harray amid delivery disruption - The #Orcadian Online
Two postal workers have been deployed to Harray to “return deliveries to normal” after some residents reported not receiving any letters or parcels for over ten days.
#RoyalMail shared this update with The Orcadian today (Tuesday), amid serious concerns around a lack of #deliveries — and communication regarding the #disruption.
https://orcadian.co.uk/two-posties-deployed-to-harray-amid-delivery-disruption/
Two postal workers have been deployed to Harray to “return deliveries to normal” after some residents reported not receiving any letters or parcels for over ten days. Royal Mail shared this update with The Orcadian today (Tuesday), amid serious concerns around a lack of deliveries — and communication regarding the disruption. Orkney MSP Liam McArthur […]
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