{"id":1325,"date":"2014-09-12T14:39:54","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T13:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=1325"},"modified":"2014-09-15T15:32:11","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T14:32:11","slug":"nhs-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=1325","title":{"rendered":"NHS Emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With the NHS in perpetual crisis it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s easy to forget the principles on which it was built \u00e2\u20ac\u201c giving revolutionary healthcare to all, free at the point of need.<\/p>\n

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Not to mention the avalanche of misinformation from the government and right-wing media, making it even easier to lose sight of why this is happening, who is behind it and what we need to do to save the NHS from being lost forever.<\/p>\n

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So, to make things clear, UNITElive lays bare what is really<\/em> happening to the NHS\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

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\"Coin<\/a><\/strong>What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going on with funding?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Basically, there isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t any<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since the coalition came in NHS funding has remained flat, with a fall in 2010-11 and 2009-10<\/p>\n

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We have one of the lowest healthcare spending in the G7<\/strong><\/p>\n

The UK comes in at joint-last position with Italy, with healthcare spending at just 9.2%<\/p>\n

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In fact, the UK\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s public service spending is at the lowest level since 1938, when the welfare state as we know it didn’t exist!<\/p>\n

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So it is facing ruin<\/strong><\/p>\n

With no attempt to plug the \u00c2\u014130m shortfall, the NHS could run out of money within five to six years<\/p>\n

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And the government doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t seem to care<\/strong><\/p>\n

Short-term fixes we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve seen so far \u00e2\u20ac\u201c cuts to staff pay and employment T&Cs, reduction of the value of services sold off \u00e2\u20ac\u201c have had no lasting help to rescuing the NHS from extinction<\/p>\n

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\"buy\"<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0 The truth about privatisation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s real<\/strong><\/p>\n

The NHS is<\/strong> being privatised \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 70% of NHS contracts have been sold to the private sector since the pro-privatisation Health and Social Care Act came into effect in April 2013<\/p>\n

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Passed by people with pound signs in their eyes<\/strong><\/p>\n

261 MPs and peers (mainly Conservative) have private healthcare links and voted to bring the Act into law<\/p>\n

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It makes profit a priority \u00e2\u20ac\u201c not patients<\/strong><\/p>\n

The value of NHS contracts has tripled to \u00c2\u014113.6bn since competition was introduced<\/p>\n

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\"Alert<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"shout\"<\/a> What does this mean for the NHS?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Danger<\/strong><\/p>\n

In January last year the CQC issues 17 hospitals with warnings about dangerous levels of understaffing<\/p>\n

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Exploitation<\/strong><\/p>\n

40,000 NHS staff earn below the living wage of \u00c2\u01417.65 or \u00c2\u01418.80 in London, and with the cost of living rapidly increasing, dedicated staff are being pushed to their limits<\/p>\n

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Chaos<\/strong><\/p>\n

This will have a direct impact on the quality of service to patients, with the staff bearing the brunt of the money shortage in more cuts to their pay, terms and conditions<\/p>\n

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RIP NHS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ultimately it could mean the extinction of the publicly owned and state funded NHS as we know it and as it was born to be<\/p>\n

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But Unite are dedicated to stop this from happening.
\nTo join us in the fight to save the NHS click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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