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NHS Update : Foundation Trusts & hospital PFIs | 17 comments (17 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
Doctor, why are you being so nice to me? (none / 0)
Agnès, I praise you for your continued efforts to bring this out in terms that we can all understand, and for your continuous diaries on this topic, but I've got to say (microscopic dose of venemum in the cauda warning!) that when I see terms such as "transaction", "cash flow", "activity volume", "competition for patients" in the context of medical care, I get turned off from the text because it scares the hell out of me.

I mean to say by that a major bravo for your efforts but I don't have much to comment on here. All I could possibly say is that even cuba and sri lanka have an awesome free public health service, and they're cash-stripped like hell.

by Alex in Toulouse on Wed May 3rd, 2006 at 03:13:35 PM EST
Re: Doctor, why are you being so nice to me? (none / 0)
Alex, you may think it pardoxical, but I 150% understand how you feel. Applying economic rationality to services meetings basic humans needs and rights, as the one to benefit from decent standards of care, has something obscene to it. Nevertheless, that is a reality our governments have successfully imposed in public opinion, and all we can do is draw attention to the limits of such systems.

When through hell, just keep going. W. Churchill
by Agnes a Paris on Wed May 3rd, 2006 at 06:07:03 PM EST
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NHS Update : Foundation Trusts & hospital PFIs | 17 comments (17 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
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