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And it's also bullshit.
Just what is it about the existence of "poor people" (and there are precious few really poor people in this country - here it means not being able to afford a second tv) that makes it acceptable that those who live in Tower Hamlets are denied treatments or drugs that are available to those who live in Shropshire? Or that money time and resources must be wasted sending patients back to GPs every time a referral is needed. Or that NHS money is used for quack practices like homeopathy instead of proven medicine?
It's not about the money. It's about the process. It's about the paperwork and bureacracy. It's about the political interference, and it's about the dogma. To those who ask 'so would you like the NHS abolished then?' don't be ridiculous. That's a straw man argument. Of course not. I would like it fixed. I would like it run properly. I would like it to be the envy of the world. And I simply don't believe that has to cost more. For every pound spent on the NHS I doubt that 50p makes its way to the front-line.