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RMN jobs, nurses’ jobs, doctors’ jobs…all are being advertised on a regular basis across the UK. Following the coalition’s reception to the proposed changes in public healthcare it is perhaps not very surprising that so many positions are available to fill throughout the NHS. For a party that swore it would not touch the NHS if it were to win the election, the Conservatives have shown themselves to the be the two faced liars they really are by introducing legislation that could signal the beginning of the end for one of the UK’s most loved and revered services.

As a nation the UK is envied and admired by many other countries for the things we have achieved and advanced. Healthcare is something that for all our blustering, we have largely managed to get right. As a UK citizen I have always been extremely proud of the NHS. It may not be perfect, but it is ten times better then many other country’s health care systems. All you need do is take a look at the US health care system to see the yawning chasm that exists between the NHS and other comparable organisations. Barack Obama knows this which is why he has been pushing for increased public access to basic health care in the states. We seem to be going in the opposite direction.

Following the new health care bill private companies are now being invited to tender for services that are traditionally provided by the NHS. Whilst in fiscal terms this makes sense – competition can increase quality when handled correctly – the social repercussions could be tragic and incurable. Were we to have a number of private companies competing in a bidding war to provide health care for the public, eventually one company would obtain a monopoly and corner the market. It is what happens in every commercial sector so why would the NHS be any different?

Cameron and his cronies would have us all believe that there will be hundreds of jobs available in the future for frontline services in the NHS following the reduction of administrative staff deemed to be unnecessary. If that is the case then why are so many GPs and surgeons worried? The reason is that they know that once you allow a private company to set just one toe into the NHS then it no longer is a public service. The NHS has a duty of care to its patients – the public. Private companies have a duty of care to their shareholders and then the patients. They will think first and foremost on providing dividends to the controlling interests before worrying about patient care.

What is happening to the NHS, signals a disturbing direction toward the future of the organisation. Whilst I accept that the previous Labour government must bear a lot of responsibility for allowing us to get into the current financial situation we are in, the current government must understand that cutting the NHS is not a solution. If we dismantle the very service that shows everyone just how health care should be, then we will be reverting to the dark ages.

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