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Michael<p>Labour’s plans for the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a> risk another privatisation disaster</p><p>More than a risk, i think, with Starmer and Streeting involved</p><p><a href="https://www.counterfire.org/article/labours-plans-for-the-nhs-risk-another-privatisation-disaster/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">counterfire.org/article/labour</span><span class="invisible">s-plans-for-the-nhs-risk-another-privatisation-disaster/</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Wes Streeting's 10yr plan for the NHS seems to have two key problems that have been identified:</p><p>1. Its long on aspiration but short on detail about delivery; so while many might agree with its aims, without seeing how they might be achieved in a constrained budgetary environment, scepticism remains;</p><p>2. Given the parallel reorganisation of the NHS wrapped up in the plan, the danger is repeating the Andrew Lansley 'reforms' negative impact on NHS ability to navigate such changes.</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a></p>
AnnaAnthro<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palantir</span></a> head accuses <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> doctors of choosing ‘ideology over patient interest’ in battle over control over <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a> data </p><p>«Owner <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thiel</span></a>, a libertarian, named the company after the “seeing stones” in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. </p><p>He has previously said the British public’s affection for the NHS is a case of “Stockholm syndrome”.&nbsp;»</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/08/palantir-technology-uk-doctors-patient-nhs-data" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">5/jul/08/palantir-technology-uk-doctors-patient-nhs-data</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Roy Lilley (NHSManagers.net) sees five 'S's that undermine change in the NHS:</p><p>Scale and complexity; layers of management &amp; regulation;</p><p>Short political &amp; leadership cycles; Health Secretaries rarely last more than 2yrs.. ; </p><p>Short-term funding; instead of long-term investment. Capital raided for revenue;</p><p>Staffing pressures; professional silos &amp; tribalism. No proper workforce planning; </p><p>Same-old-same-old; like Darzi centres… brings on change fatigue. People roll their eyes &amp; give up…</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>As Helen Atherton (USouthampton) points out, what patients really want from GPs surgeries is better &amp; quicker access to doctors.</p><p>As she concludes: 'The government must stop assuming technology is the answer &amp; start listening to what patients are actually telling them'... in other words rather than being driven just by the numbers (data), reform of the health service should include a clear(er) understanding of the patient experience. </p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/what-people-really-want-from-their-gp-its-simpler-than-you-might-think-260520" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/what-peopl</span><span class="invisible">e-really-want-from-their-gp-its-simpler-than-you-might-think-260520</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/244469/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/244469/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> ‘Happy’ boy, 3, died holding his mum’s hand just hours after doctors sent him home from hospital with an ‘ear infection’ <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ChildhoodDiseasesAndIllnesses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildhoodDiseasesAndIllnesses</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ChildrenParentingAndFamilyLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildrenParentingAndFamilyLife</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Courts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HealthWarnings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthWarnings</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ParentingAdvice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ParentingAdvice</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Section" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Section</span></a>:Health:NewsHealth <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Sepsis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sepsis</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
Totts<p>Sebastian Coe is talking about the 2012 Olympics on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TrevorPhillips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrevorPhillips</span></a> saying it "never got bogged down into a bi-partisan approach"</p><p>Coe, the Tory, is being a revisionist here</p><p>Johnson, who was London Mayor at the time, was going to cut the funding for Danny Boyle's imaginative introduction if he didn't drop the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a> section.</p><p>Boyle refused to do so.</p><p> Johnson was booed every time he appeared.<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/03/boris-johnson-booed-st-pauls-platinum-jubilee-queen" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/politics/2022/</span><span class="invisible">jun/03/boris-johnson-booed-st-pauls-platinum-jubilee-queen</span></a></p>
RyanWTF<p>“This is what it means to be Palestinian today. To constantly navigate a world that erases your humanity, silences your voice, distorts your identity. To be told your pain is political. Your joy is provocation. Your symbols are offensive.</p><p>“I’ve worked in the NHS for 25 years. It’s more than a job… And now, along with two colleagues, I’m taking legal action. Not for ourselves, but to protect the NHS from external political lobbying.”</p><p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/7/4/one-tick-and-anti-semitic-fruit-the-curse-of-being-palestinian" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/7/</span><span class="invisible">4/one-tick-and-anti-semitic-fruit-the-curse-of-being-palestinian</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palestine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/nhs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nhs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Zionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zionism</span></a></p>
royal canadian af<p>How great is it I can open an app on my phone tap 9 times (4 are check boxes) and I will get my asthma drugs delivered to me by Thursday? <a href="https://dataare.cool/tags/nhs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nhs</span></a></p>
Ry Chaz<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@MarkHoltom" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MarkHoltom</span></a></span> <br>And it was highly functional and admired around the world until deliberate capitalistic sabotage by successive Governments in league with American health and insurance corporations, via the misleadingly named NHS England which was actually a privatisation vehicle (enabled by Tories, Labour and Liberals to do its worst).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a></p>
Lee for #The25th NOW! 🤬<p>🚨 I've just signed the @We_OwnIt petition to say NO to private finance deals for Neighbourhood Health Centres. Will you join me? 👇<br>Tell Wes Streeting - put patients first, don't put <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OurNHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OurNHS</span></a> at the mercy of new PFI deals! 😤 <a href="https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-new-pfi-in-neighbourhood-health-services" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-new-</span><span class="invisible">pfi-in-neighbourhood-health-services</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a></p>
happyborg<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zirk.us/@ChrisMayLA6" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ChrisMayLA6</span></a></span> <br>Tbh that's a plus for me because I hate the digitalisation that I know they will have I mind.</p><p>Not patients first or even last, but patients subjugated and treated like production units.</p><p>An AI 'doctor' FFS. Do they know anything at all about what they're doing? </p><p>I will never use an <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a> app. </p><p>More local care sounds good, but we know that will shovel vast sums to offshore tax avoiders rather than invest in the UK. It's like going back to leeches for cure all treatment. <br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/UKLabour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKLabour</span></a></p>
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@staringatclouds I offer volunteer IT support at my local community centre.

When it started up, it was partly funded by the #NHS. As part of the deal, we were supposed to promote the NHS app.

Nobody even asked about or seemed in any way interested in it.

No #PFI in Neighbourhood Health Services

We demand no “Public Private Partnership” (PFI) to finance Neighbourhood Health Centres

PFI's led to NHS paying up to 27x over for hospitals. Some #NHS Trusts STILL wasting 13% of their budgets on old PFI deals

Even the #Conservative government said ‘goodbye to PFI’ because it is bad value for money.

weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-new-

We Own ItNo new PFI in Neighbourhood Health Services | We Own ItWes Streeting: do not use a “Public Private Partnership” to finance Neighbourhood Health Centres

The ever-acerbic gadfly critic of “Silly Boy” Streeting’s nonsensical NHS “plans”, Roy Lilley, has just taken down Wes’ new bollocks plan!

“Standing at a podium speaking about vision without a plan is an hallucination. Describing a future with no way of building it, is a mirage. Without a road map, any plan is a dead“

… and

“A plan without a plan… is just a brochure”

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#UK#NHS#Labour

As Roy Lilley (NHSmanagers.net) points out, Labour's new NHS plan has no detailed delivery plan.

As he says: 'nice plan but go away & come back with;

- A 2-year and 5-year Delivery Plan
- Concrete, funded milestones.
- Name accountable leads for each priority area.
- Align capital, workforce & digital investment plans.
- Annual progress reports to Parliament.
- Independent delivery oversight by the NAO or an NHS Transformation Board…

A plan without a plan… is just a brochure'!

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@evewrites
That is bonkers, how can people hope to stay alive.
Asked my dad how he was for insulin yesterday.
Doesn't get out on his own these days.
He will give my sister a form with a request for a repeat prescription. She will drop it in a box for such requests in the doctors.
They will produce the paperwork for the prescription & send it to the local pharmacy of his choice. That pharmacy has a delivery service. They will fulfill the prescription and deliver it.
He will not pay a cent.
#NHS