exchange which may be of interest
On 21/12/2012 13:13, Alex Scott-Samuel wrote:
> On 21/12/2012 07:47, Martin Manasse wrote:
>> Sorry - totally off topic - but have you seen this:
>>
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/20/nhs-privatisation-fears
>>
>> and how would you respond to it?
>
>
> it's Thatcherite / New Labour style neoliberal gossip - the kind of
> thing that drove and sustained the destruction of England's public
> sector from the 1980s onwards and that we hear constantly on the BBC.
> It takes no account of the humanistic values of social solidarity and
> cohesion that drive welfare states. It's quite apparent - to me at
> least - that a good health system is one that places these values
> above all else and uses good business management methods only in areas
> and in ways that never contradict these values. If competition in
> healthcare has any value (still to be proved) then let's have socially
> cohesive competition for symbolic honours, platinum traffic lights and
> stars. And let's have the principles of prioritisation agreed
> democratically but then passed on to those with expertise for application
>
> Alex
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