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Comment on: York GPs tell patients they can pay for NHS-limited procedures
"Socialist Health Association director Martin Rathfelder, commenting on the letter, said “For the last 63 years considerations of money have not, in general, complicated the relationship between doctors and thier patients." I would like to see the evidence for this statement. It simply isn't true. Many patients have had to fund their own cancer drugs as the medicines available in other EU countries haven't been available here (and we have some of the worst cancer outcomes in developed countries). Many people have funded their own treatments for many years. PCTs should consult local people before making decisions about cutting care, but this wasn't made mandatory when they were set up and I doubt that there was local consultation in this case? If GPs are going to provide treatments there needs ro be proper quaility control on - competence - RCGP do you monitor this? quality of care and outcomes - does CQC have the procedures to do this? There needs to be a proper primary care complaints system and there isn't. These processes should all have been set up years ago when the current structure was set up, but it wasn't. Othewsie I agree with Anon of 2:02 what other option is there for the patients involved?
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Comment on: Yorkshire PCT has 'significant concerns' about GP minor surgery letter
I wonder how many patients were involved in the PCT's decision to axe these procedures in the first place and who was consulted if anyone? What is the PCT going to do to monitor the quality of the service being offered by the GPs? Is there a decent local primary care complaints procedure if patients aren't satisfied?
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Comment on: NHS managers to be balloted for industrial action, HSJ learns
Where is the concern here or mention for patients and the public? I see none of you are prepared to say who you are, you have no evidence base to say what you do and I see no concern about how any industrial action will affect patient and the public. This speaks for itself.
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Comment on: NHS managers to be balloted for industrial action, HSJ learns
Where is the concern here or mention for patients and the public? I see none of you are prepared to say who you are, you have no evidence base to say what you do and I see no concern about how any industrial action will affect patient and the public. This speaks for itself.
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Comment on: NHS managers to be balloted for industrial action, HSJ learns
So those of us not working in the public sector are expected to retire later, help fund the public sector, but have worse pensions and work more years! Why should we do that? Why should those working in the public sector be spared the pain the rest of are having to face? This is purely political. Trades unions funding the Labour Party and Milliband flexing their muscles and being antidemocratic and incidently these were the last Labour Government's plans. Remember the winter of discontent and the contempt shown for patient and their relatives. You will find little sympathy from patients and the public for this.
