Thursday, July 21, 2011

Private enterprise and the NHS

Beyond any doubt the NHS and the private sector have always been strange bed-fellows from day on in 1948 to date , after all the NHS was made up of privatized hospitals and clinics run for profit or charitable ends .

But hang on a second , dentist GP's and a few others managed to escape the net and became self employed contractors to the new health service and have remain so to date and are indeed set to increase this independence

Also many service aspects of the NHS are run by private firms as are some mental health and a host of other support services .

So before we all throw up our hands in horror at the specter of private enterprise in the NHS lets just take stock of what it really means .

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