Lord Darzi’s report into the NHS is just the start | Letters
Pete Lavender writes that the NHS doesn’t need more reform, it needs funding, Prof Geeta Nargund says the Darzi review leaves out gynaecological services, while Dr Karl Brennan flags up social care, and Woody Caan staff morale
When Tony Blair was elected in 1997, it was on a platform of “saving the NHS”. He assured us that it must change or die. Then followed Labour’s agenda for change, bringing in private healthcare to take some of the burden from a struggling NHS, which was only struggling because of repeated years of underfunding.
The Darzi report clearly shows that the NHS is still struggling due to underfunding from successive governments, yet Keir Starmer’s response is to fling that straight back at the NHS and blame it, now with the line “reform or die” (Darzi review says the NHS is in a critical condition but sets out a treatment plan, 11 September). It didn’t need “change” then, it doesn’t need “reform” now. It needs adequate funding and to stop the millions of pounds being diverted to private healthcare, paying the money instead into the coffers of the public NHS.
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Pete Lavender writes that the NHS doesn’t need more reform, it needs funding, Prof Geeta Nargund says the Darzi review leaves out gynaecological services, while Dr Karl Brennan flags up social care, and Woody Caan staff morale
When Tony Blair was elected in 1997, it was on a platform of “saving the NHS”. He assured us that it must change or die. Then followed Labour’s agenda for change, bringing in private healthcare to take some of the burden from a struggling NHS, which was only struggling because of repeated years of underfunding.
The Darzi report clearly shows that the NHS is still struggling due to underfunding from successive governments, yet Keir Starmer’s response is to fling that straight back at the NHS and blame it, now with the line “reform or die” (Darzi review says the NHS is in a critical condition but sets out a treatment plan, 11 September). It didn’t need “change” then, it doesn’t need “reform” now. It needs adequate funding and to stop the millions of pounds being diverted to private healthcare, paying the money instead into the coffers of the public NHS.
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By Guardian Staff
Lord Darzi’s report into the NHS is just the start | Letters to Continue reading...
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