Don't care, it's their busines --- ditto other than we don't make the same mistake
On Oct 18, 7:42 pm, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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