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London hospitals are at breaking point, chief says
Press TV ^ | October 13, 2013

Posted on 10/13/2013 8:36:59 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Andy Mitchell, medical director for National Health Service (NHS) England in London said, “At times, throughout the week, even throughout the day, services aren’t safe”.

Mitchell’s admission comes after the NHS Confederation said the service will soon be “unsustainable” if radical reforms are not presented before the next general election.

The top health officials said the NHS is currently facing "the most challenging period in its 65-year existence,” and that the service might not be able to provide free health care for all patients any more.

“Demand continues to rise, drugs cost more, and NHS inflation is higher than general inflation, the NHS is facing a funding gap estimated at up to £30 billion by 2020,” they added.

(Excerpt) Read more at presstv.ir ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: 0carenightmare; free; heathcare; nhs; obamacare; obamacarefuture; rinocare
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Gee, perhaps we could learn from our friends across the pond.
1 posted on 10/13/2013 8:36:59 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
NHS ...might not be able to provide free health care for all patients any more. “Demand continues to rise, drugs cost more, and NHS inflation is higher than general inflation, the NHS is facing a funding gap

But it's all free....

2 posted on 10/13/2013 8:44:05 AM PDT by HarleyD (...one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Right. Put government in charge and all the problems go away!

"When will they ever learn, when will they ever learn."

3 posted on 10/13/2013 8:44:18 AM PDT by FatherofFive (MIslam is evil and must be eradicate)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The solution is simple, fewer patients cost less, hence, we have the Shut Up and Die Act.


4 posted on 10/13/2013 8:44:46 AM PDT by depressed in 06 (America conceived in liberty, dies in slavery.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I’m sure PressTV knows that britain is overrun with muslims exploding and corroding the system.


5 posted on 10/13/2013 8:47:11 AM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com/2013/10/04/nicolae-hussein-obama/)
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To: HarleyD

Obama says, so let’s do the same thing here!! Brilliant!


6 posted on 10/13/2013 8:48:45 AM PDT by heye2monn
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

7 posted on 10/13/2013 8:50:06 AM PDT by JPG (Yes We Can morphs into Make It Hurt.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

And learn from them in the Great White North!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2jijuj1ysw


8 posted on 10/13/2013 8:51:12 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (IÂ’m not a Republican, I'm a Conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Ain’t Socialism grand? It creates Utopia everywhere it’s tried. What’s taken us so long?


9 posted on 10/13/2013 8:51:31 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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most medical work will be outsourced to developing countries within the next few years, but especially the elderly


10 posted on 10/13/2013 8:52:30 AM PDT by Jakarta ex-pat
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To: HarleyD

Doesn’t everyone know that there really is such a thing as a free lunch?


11 posted on 10/13/2013 8:52:45 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (IÂ’m not a Republican, I'm a Conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

just returned from London this weekend, and the tube underground was so jammed packed, it was unsafe,

couldn’t believe they would run it like that,


12 posted on 10/13/2013 8:54:00 AM PDT by captmar-vell
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To: JPG

No worries, we have incompetent Marxist running Obungacare and 5 times the population of England, what could go wrong.


13 posted on 10/13/2013 8:55:01 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Tis only a glitch!”

-UK Drive-by media


14 posted on 10/13/2013 8:57:39 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
One of the comments:

This only effects all the poor in the UK. Not the rich elites who begin these wars. The top 45% use private health care. Just another example of the rich destroying the poor.

15 posted on 10/13/2013 8:57:58 AM PDT by kabar
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To: FatherofFive
“When will they ever learn, when will they ever learn.”

Simon and Garfunkel
Now I'm gonna have that song in my head ALL DAY

16 posted on 10/13/2013 8:58:12 AM PDT by HangnJudge
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To: Jack Hydrazine

“Doesn’t everyone know that there really is such a thing as a free lunch?”

Only if you steal it from someone else.


17 posted on 10/13/2013 8:58:24 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: depressed in 06

The solution is sooo simple: Invite more clients from the Third Word, especially Muslims. And don’t forget to put them on relief too!


18 posted on 10/13/2013 9:00:03 AM PDT by rbg81
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To: captmar-vell

Mind the Gap.


19 posted on 10/13/2013 9:01:12 AM PDT by rbg81
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To: Hardraade
YEA! And lets do the same thing here with ALL of South America! Unless your a racist, right?
20 posted on 10/13/2013 9:06:10 AM PDT by DanielRedfoot (Creepy Ass Cracker)
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