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Osborne £3bn cuts - Health: £200m

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Gracesgran Sat 06-Jun-15 08:22:39

I'll list them all separately as different ones may interest different people.smile

NHS ring-fenced. £200m of grants to local authorities for public health clawed back

This is from the "i" yesterday 5 June 2015. In this one I wonder if taking from "public health" will reduce care services further?

(E & EO please blush)

durhamjen Tue 09-Jun-15 20:59:58

By the way, did anyone else sign up to not having their health data shared?
It sounds like it's all gone to insurance companies without our permission, and of course they do not have the money or resources to put it right.

durhamjen Sat 20-Jun-15 00:19:35

www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jun/18/jeremy-hunt-legal-action-watering-down-patient-safety

I do hope so. Nothing would please me more than seeing him in court having to justify what he has done to the NHS. I can think of a few lawyers who would love to cross examine him.

durhamjen Mon 22-Jun-15 16:42:02

This is today's silly story about the NHS. Not just cutting money, but cutting nurses. Non-EU nurses who have worked here for over six years will have to go back where they came from unless they earn more than £35,000.

What world do members of this government live in?

"The College points out that the average foreign nurse starts on a salary of £22,000, and even after eight years will still only be earning £28,000."

Quote from Peter Carter of the RCN.

Do any of you know any nurses who earn that amount?

durhamjen Mon 22-Jun-15 17:40:10

www.onmedica.com/newsArticle.aspx?id=ace16ff0-d8aa-45a9-8706-26eaab5cb276

durhamjen Mon 22-Jun-15 22:40:01

Even the doctors know there are two different health services, the one the politicians talk about, and the one the rest of us have to put up with.

www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jun/22/ministers-must-get-real-over-nhs-crisis-says-doctors-union-head

Such a pity more of them did not shout about it before the election.

durhamjen Tue 23-Jun-15 23:50:26

www.corporatewatch.org/news/2015/jun/17/researching-health-companies-web-search-guide

How to find out who owns your health service.