Hi
All,
It
is the 60th anniversary of the NHS. I am startled to realise
that I
have worked for it for nearly half its existence! Supporting the
public sector is one of 4 core principles put together in the Birmingham Manifesto by a group of UK community
psychologists a
couple of years ago, attached.; Mark Burton put the manifesto
statements
together for us. Mark wrote this about the NHS:
*The
National Health Service in the UK, established by the 1948 Labour
government
with the
following
founding principles: Comprehensiveness - a service covering
and meeting
all
kinds
of health care needs - from infancy to old age, not just for physical
illness
(mental
health
and wellness), preventative and curative. Universality - a
service of
uniform quality
for
all - on the basis of citizenship rather than either ability to pay or
insurance scheme
parameters.
Free of charge - it would be paid for by the state (on the
basis of redistributive
taxation
– a principle since eroded). Equality - those with more
resources
(educational,
money,
etc) would get no better a service than those who were less advantaged.
Since
people
do not have equal health care needs, the point is to have access on the
basis
of
need
and not any factor irrelevant to need (see www.dhrsa.org.uk).
Be
good of we could continue to think about ways in which as a group we
could disseminate/
act on the Birmingham Manifesto; I know that there will be
opportunities
to think about this do so at the forthcoming September conference in
Edinburgh.
Annie
Annie Mitchell
Clinical
Director,
Doctorate in
Clinical
Psychology,
School of
Applied Psychosocial
Studies,
Faculty of
Health and Social
Work,
University of
Plymouth,
Peninsula Allied
Health
Collaboration,
Derriford Road,
Plymouth,
Devon
PL6 8BH
Phone Programme
Administrators:
Jane Murch, Emma Hellingsworth
01752 233786
Please note I
work 3
days per week:
usually Monday,
Tuesday & either
Wednesday or Thursday.
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