A leading British Newspapers has recently flagged up that there may be serious consequences of the current coalition Government's proposed Health reforms. The article states that respected voices across various fields including healthcare, economics, management and even Conservative Party politics have stated this may cause a "train crash" in the NHS as it will impossible to keep up the level of service with the proposed level of funding.
This is possibly bad news for many small businesses, both in terms of their staff and in terms of their overheads as they will have to consider that it may become a necessity to look into employee medical insurance for the whole firm. This may instantly drive overhead up but surely it will have its benefits in the future. The simple fact is that with so many government cutbacks in the pipeline, a de facto Americanisation of the British healthcare system seems to be the only possible result.
Of course the failings of the NHS are no new thing, and private healthcare for many businesses could certainly be a far better option, the thing here is that the Government seems to be driving towards there being no choice in the matter. Some people would like to think that there could still be some choices left in Britain.
Showing posts with label NHS Cutbacks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NHS Cutbacks. Show all posts
Thursday, 16 December 2010
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
NHS Cutbacks
Findings of the Royal College of Nursing, reported in the other week's Telegraph, seem to point to nearly 10,000 NHS jobs being cut in the near future. And although these cuts will not come as a result of people actually losing their jobs, it still does represent a drastic reduction in staffing levels at a time when the UK population continues to grow.
Most of the cuts will come from not replacing staff when they retire and by retiring positions when people transfer internally. I know that the economy is in a dire situation, but if we are going to cut back on NHS staffing then this will drive people into the private sphere, especially when self employed medical insurance can be found so cheap if you hunt around for a deal.
It might be for the best though, it certainly can be argued that parts of the public sector are grossly overstaffed, I guess we are about to find out if this is the correct way to go. Fingers crossed.
Most of the cuts will come from not replacing staff when they retire and by retiring positions when people transfer internally. I know that the economy is in a dire situation, but if we are going to cut back on NHS staffing then this will drive people into the private sphere, especially when self employed medical insurance can be found so cheap if you hunt around for a deal.
It might be for the best though, it certainly can be argued that parts of the public sector are grossly overstaffed, I guess we are about to find out if this is the correct way to go. Fingers crossed.
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