I may be getting all political

It's true.

I'm horrified at what the Tories, so ably aided and abetted by the Lib-Dems have done and continue to do to the NHS in England. They are destroying it.





















The NHS is being handed over to the private sector: lock, stock and barrel. The private sector can be good. There is nothing inherently wrong with making a profit but there is something very wrong when profits are made at the expense of the health of every man, woman and child in England. The bottom-line for a private company is that it exists to make profits to be passed to the shareholders. When it comes to our health, every penny that is passed to shareholders is a penny lost to the actual amount to be spent on your health, my health, your mum's health, your dad's health, your child's health: you get the picture. There are some things in life where making a profit really should not be the primary motivation and the national health service is the big number one area where it should not be profit-driven. 

There are people who do a much better job than yours truly at explaining just what is happening to the NHS in England.

I recommend you read the very astute, and very courageous, Dr Éoin Clarke's blog, The Green Benches, where you'll see he's a man putting his head above the parapet. He's a better man than I'll ever be and he has my respect for the work he has done and continues to do. 

Then there's the National Health Action Party, which has been set up to support the original principles of the NHS and will have candidates standing at the next general election in key constituencies and will be, in its own words:-

"...seeking to prevent further dismantling of the NHS and the erosion of its values and the public space, we will:

• Strive to improve the democratic and public interest credentials of parliament.
• Provide a platform for the election of MPs and local councillors, who – free from any party whip – will first and foremost serve the public interest
• Develop and promote policy based on good quality, research-based evidence."

Finally, on health, there's Keep Our NHS Public which is a group set up to "fight to protect our NHS from marketisation and fragmentation will continue, with activists working to limit the damage and involve the public and politicians so that the Act can be repealed when a new government comes into power."


And, although I don't agree with all of her Labour views, she is an all-round good egg and in her blog, she does make some valid points about life, the universe and everything, there's the delightful Emma Burnell, with her blog Scarlet Standard. Give her a look, even if you're a rabid right-wing nut-job, you should see she's got a valid point to make on more than one occasion. Personally I think it's rather marvellous that someone young is taking an active interest in how politics affects all of us each day and she's trying to do something positive with her contribution to life, the universe and everything.