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Claps Won't Pay Bills

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In 2005, Jeremy Hunt, as Health Secretary co-authored a policy pamphlet calling for the NHS

to be replaced by an insurance system.

On page 78 the pamphlet says that “our ambition” should be the de-nationalising of the  provision of healthcare in Britain.

The book was put together by Douglas Carswell, and its authors include Tory MPs Michael Gove

Daniel Hannan, Greg Clark, David Gauke, and Kwasi Kwarteng.

The Tory Party have not made a "Political Football" out of the NHS - it is their goal - to destroy it.

 

The NHS-hating Tory hypocrites said “clap”;

Like the fool that I was, in the cold at our door,

I cheered and I whistled for the Tory claptrap,

While those partying scumbags sicked up booze on the floor,

Set emergency alarms off; and the Met Plod did nothing!

I couldn’t go to cuddle my new little granddaughter,

The young and the old went un-mourned in their coffins,

Now the Tories are clapping for the NHS’s slaughter.

Give our nurses fair pay, it’s their hard-earned reward,

Nurses working in poverty’s a bloody disgrace,

We need beds, and less bullshit on hospital wards,

You Tory bastards; waste of oxygen and space.

Clapping Nurses and Ambulance staff  won’t pay the bills,

And they won’t wipe Tory arseholes, nor give them their pills.

NHSStrikeNursesfair pay

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Sun 11th Dec 2022 21:54

Thanks all for taking the time to read my post.

I really need to lighten up now, and stop being angry, or my head will explode! 😡

Move over William Wordsworth, here goes!

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Stephen Gospage

Sun 11th Dec 2022 21:15

Great stuff, Uilleam. Good to see a real political poem.

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Sun 11th Dec 2022 18:08

I too, have said many times that I would willingly pay a higher rate of tax to fund the NHS.

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Sun 11th Dec 2022 18:05

Thank-you Helene for your comment.

Unfortunately, 2000 UK doctors wrote to the Prime Minister in 2019, pleading with him that the NHS was "on its knees"....despite that, a wilfully ignorant/blind electorate voted for the Tories.

The Tories' policies -as I have outlined at the beginning of my post- are now taking effect. Corrupt private companies who are well-known for dodgy dealings are now running parts of my local hospital.

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John Coopey

Sun 11th Dec 2022 17:56

I have said many times that I would be prepared to pay a higher rate of tax to fund the NHS properly.

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Hélène

Sun 11th Dec 2022 16:53

We Americans are waaay behind UK on having a health care safety net. I am hugely jealous of UK & Canada's national health services. US made large improvement in health care accessibility with the Affordable Care Act (passed under Obama as Pres) for which my family is hugely grateful (people can buy insurance with reduced monthly premiums based on low income; insurance companies can't decline applications for coverage based on pre-existing conditions; government-paid insurance expanded for super low income). Long live the NHS & may its efficiency & equity improve as the years roll by. But at least it exists! I wish we had NHS in the US!

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M.C. Newberry

Sun 11th Dec 2022 16:26

In reply -
1. Too much largesse to managerial staff at the likely expense
of the sharp-end staff. Too many reported failings by the
former in cases that involve haphazard" lessons will be
learnt" tosh that we see too often.
2. Use of the NHS by visiting non-nationals should be by
use of travel insurance. There are frequent reports of
abuse. Whether or not these are always reliable, it is the
perception and the need to avoid both occurence and
possibility that should be pursued and enforced.
3. Private medical treatment is not to be sneered at when it
can provide a very welcome prompt alternative to an
over-loaded and over-stretched NHS workforce at any
given time. I would "go private" as a pensioner when
and if the circumstances arose. My ethos in "saving for
a rainy day" would then come in handy at no cost to the
NHS.
4. The NHS is self-explanatory in its title. Its essential
object was surely to provide a health "safety net" for
UK citizens who ultimately contribute to its continued
existence.
P.S. I have appreciated my own experiences at the sharp end
of occasional hospital visits, always as an out-patient.
In life, I have always been mindful of self-care and that
has paid off in terms of requiring more serious medical
attention in later years when so many seem to have
abandoned that principle, with the results all too obvious
and -arguably - largely avoidable.
BUT too many people wanting attention brings its own cycle
of illness and death, also arguably avoidable - more's the pity.

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Sun 11th Dec 2022 15:58

Hello and thank you MC.

What precisely do you mean by:

1. "blighted by mis-management."?

2. "some sort of international "come and get it" freebie."?

3. "just as long as it doesn't become a default service under the NHS banner." ?

4. "those for WHOM it was originally intended." ?

I'm intrigued!

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M.C. Newberry

Sun 11th Dec 2022 15:37

The "mechanics" of the economics involved in running the NHS
appear awry. It's a multi-;layered conception employing many
"layers" of services and keeping some balance in how cash is
allocated seems forever blighted by mis-management. Like
the legal fraternity, the medical profession wields considerable power and influence. Handling these bodies requires political will and skill
that seem to have been lacking for
years, not least in the recruiting and pay that has been applied
to what was designed as a NATIONAL health service and has been permitted to expand inexplicably into some sort of international "come and get it" freebie. A Royal Commission
is long overdue to investigate how it is being planned and run
if it is to survive. In the meantime, a sensible alternative use
of "private healthcare" is not irrational or wrong-headed, just
as long as it doesn't become a default service under the NHS
banner. There are TOO many people now seeking attention
from the nation's health service and it's high time the reality
was faced and the situation addressed and actively adapted to
retain its effectiveness for those for WHOM it was originally
intended.

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Sun 11th Dec 2022 09:16

Thanks Graham.

Whether or not the so-called Labour Party would have performed better is not my point.

The Tories have have been intent on the destruction of the NHS since its inception, and Blair was equally as guilty as them, saddling the NHS with astronomical amounts of debt.
For his part in that, Blair won the admiration of Thatcher, as being "probably the most formidable" Labour leader since Hugh Gaitskell.

The current Labour party bears no resemblance to the original and traditional Labour Party.
Blair, Starmer and their followers are traitors to all the Labour party once represented.


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Graham Sherwood

Sat 10th Dec 2022 23:12

Whilst I agree with the general sentiment in this piece I honestly think the Labour Party wouldn’t have performed any better if not worse.
It’s time the NHS was taken out of the political spectrum and made an all party entity. Nobody’s football!

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Sat 10th Dec 2022 21:51

Thanks for that Keith.
The NHS saved my life on two occassions, at my birth in 48, the inception of the NHS, and 20 odd years ago when I got a gangrenous appendix.

Numerous operations on my hands enabled me to continue to earn a living working in the public's service.

It has been remarked that the NHS almost has the status of a religion...I would say those who are seeking to destroy it for love of money are downright evil.

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keith jeffries

Sat 10th Dec 2022 20:53

A strident approach to pay claims in the NHS is evident in this beautifully crafted poem which is rich in its eloquence.. When I look at this government and the Tory Party one thing occurs to me "I would not piss on any of them if they were on fire." Thank you Uilleam, we are in full agreement.
Thank you
Keith

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