Social Care Increasing
I read a frightening article the other day on what is happening to the NHS in the UK. Of course I’d heard something about some changes the government were thinking of introducing to the organisation, but I until last week I had no idea what the changes might mean for our hospitals and GPs. I know we have to save money considering the Labour government went on a thirteen year spending spree and didn’t think ahead about what might happen, but the NHS is a service that this country cannot afford to lose.
There has been an increase in the number of social care jobs being advertised online so I cannot understand why the government is saying that the NHS must save more money. Now I know the Conservatives stated that they would ring fence the NHS before the election last year, but I don’t think they truly had any idea on how empty the public purse was beforehand. Neither did the Liberals and both parties never expected to be working together in government too. How funny times can be. Yet I have taken the trouble to study exactly what these proposed changes to the NHS will mean.
For a start it seems that private companies are being invited to tender for some services that the NHS would ordinarily provide. Does anyone else see us heading towards the kind of healthcare system the US has? On the other hand there is a lot of back office administrative staff that I believe could be done away with. Whilst that sounds harsh and cruel to the people currently working those jobs, the question has to be asked on how essential their positions are to the running of the hospitals and trusts they work for. The Labour government spent thirteen years increasing public sector jobs with little or no regard as to whether those roles were actually required. Unemployment may have been low, but public spending was huge. Whichever government had won last year would have had to make cuts to the budget. It was just unfortunate that the NHS has been targeted to make savings.
Care jobs seem to be more widely available now when surfing the internet. To me that isn’t all that surprising considering the rise in patient numbers and the lack of staff on hand to deal with them. Also as our population is living longer these types of jobs are going to increase even more. Whether the government will continue to fund those jobs remains to be seen considering the austerity measures already in place.
Private companies may have to pick up some of the slack and properly controlled I can see how this would be possible. The only concern I have is when I look at the state of the railways up and down the country. With so many different operators looking after different lines and stations, it’s a wonder any trains run at all. The NHS could end up in a similar state.
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