Bruce, Not a citizen of the U.K. Don't care, it's their business, On Oct 18, 11:50 am, Bruce Majors <[email protected]> wrote: > <snip>"If the NHS has to circumvent their own waiting lists the system isn't > working well enough. It's an admission by the NHS that their own system > isn't able to respond to the mass of people desperate to get back to > work."<snip> > > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article6879553.ece > > 3,000 NHS staff get private care > > London Times (UK) > > THE National Health Service has spent £1.5m paying for hundreds of its staff > to have private health treatment so they can leapfrog their own waiting > lists. > > More than 3,000 staff, including doctors and nurses, have gone private at > the taxpayers' expense in the past three years because the queues at the > clinics and hospitals where they work are too long. > > Figures released under the Freedom of Information act show that NHS > administrative staff, paramedics and ambulance drivers have also been given > free private healthcare. This has covered physiotherapy, osteopathy, > psychiatric care and counselling — all widely available on the NHS. > > "It simply isn't fair to have one service for staff and another for everyone > else," said Norman Lamb, the Liberal Democrat health spokesman, who obtained > the figures. > > "If the NHS has to circumvent their own waiting lists the system isn't > working well enough. It's an admission by the NHS that their own system > isn't able to respond to the mass of people desperate to get back to work." > > The number of health service employees sent to private healthcare facilities > has more than doubled in the past three years. > > In 2006-7, 708 staff working for NHS trusts received private treatment at a > cost of £279,000. Last year it increased to 1,641 at a cost of £828,413. > > The health department defended the practice and said sending doctors, nurses > and other key staff for private treatment helped to get them back to work. > > "If trusts want to get their staff back to work more quickly they can't jump > NHS waiting lists, so going private is an option," said the spokesman. > > "There is evidence that early intervention in tackling sickness absence > enables staff to return to work more quickly. > > "Other benefits include: reducing the risk of chronic illness that could > result in ill health retirement, cost-saving on temporary staff and having a > positive impact on staff health and wellbeing and, in turn, patient > satisfaction." > > The East Midlands ambulance service recently set up a contract with a > private occupational healthcare specialist worth £300,000 a year. It has > sent its staff to the specialist for vaccines, health screening and to deal > with needle injuries and blood tests. > > Other big spenders include the south east coast ambulance service, which has > sent more than 800 staff for physiotherapy, osteopathy and counselling at a > cost of more than £279,000 over three years. > > Humber mental health trust has spent more than £47,000 on private > counselling, even though it specialises in offering this service along with > psychiatric help. A spokeswoman said staff would feel awkward being > counselled by NHS colleagues. > > "An appropriate and professional counselling and therapeutic service has to > be free from any other existing pressures in respect of relationships and > therefore cannot always be provided by an organisation," she said. > > "Staff may also be referred externally due to peak of demand to meet the > need in a timely manner." > > West Suffolk hospital has spent £56,000 over the past three years on private > treatment for staff but said it would no longer do so. > > __._,_.___ > Messages in this topic > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Realabortiondebate/message/594136;_ylc=...>( > 1) Reply (via web post) > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Realabortiondebate/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJyOG...>| > Start > a new topic > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Realabortiondebate/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJlMW...> > Messages<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Realabortiondebate/messages;_ylc=X3oDMT...>| > Files<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Realabortiondebate/files;_ylc=X3oDMTJmN...>| > Photos<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Realabortiondebate/photos;_ylc=X3oDMTJl...>| > Links<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Realabortiondebate/links;_ylc=X3oDMTJmM...>| > Database<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Realabortiondebate/database;_ylc=X3oDMT...>| > Polls<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Realabortiondebate/polls;_ylc=X3oDMTJmc...>| > Calendar<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Realabortiondebate/calendar;_ylc=X3oDMT...> > MARKETPLACE > Mom Power: Discover the community of moms doing more for their families, > for the world and for each > other<http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=14kpoiuae/M=493064.12016295.13271503.1083...> > [image: Yahoo! > Groups]<http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJkcTJkczh1BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycEl...> > Change settings via the > Web<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Realabortiondebate/join;_ylc=X3oDMTJmMz...>(Yahoo! > ID required) > Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily > Digest<[email protected]?subject=email+delivery:+Digest>| > Switch > format to > Traditional<[email protected]?subject=change+delivery+format:+Traditional> > Visit Your Group > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Realabortiondebate;_ylc=X3oDMTJkYzc0dDN...>| > Yahoo! > Groups Terms of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> | Unsubscribe > <[email protected]?subject=> > Recent Activity > > - 9 > New > Files<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Realabortiondebate/files;_ylc=X3oDMTJnN...> > > Visit Your Group > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Realabortiondebate;_ylc=X3oDMTJlNGYzM21...> > Y! 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