On Sat, 04 Jul 1998 14:57:31 +0100, Haines wrote:

>When you include social services and HA Exec then GPs no longer in majority.
>But what if you were to open up the business to other stakeholders who were
>just as keen to keep practices in the driving seat? Any suggestions Ahmad,
>as an alternative venture that could cross professional boundaries but keep
>the small shop service our clients are used to and at the same time be an
>economical venture? By any suggestions I include the possibility of other
>professionals having to make possible financial investments.

This,  alas,  is an unwinnable war.  This will march relentlessly to
its logical conclusion and the end of the NHS as a demand-led,  fully
funded health service.

Health care in the next 5-10 years will be nothing like what you see
today.  All this that you talk about above is mere jostling for
position.

I repeat:  the ending of the NHS is big business.  A multi-billion
pound business for an awful lot of people and organisations who have
been preparing for this for ages and they are ready for the pounce.

They will take their time whilst things simmer down to a quiet disaster
then whallop.

I counsel preparedness and fallback strategies for each and every
individual of us who have given it our blood and tears.

The real losers will be the not so well off patients.

Ahmad

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Dr Ahmad Risk
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