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Health Secretary Visits the North East
Aug 24th
The Northen Echo reports on the Health Secretary Andrew Lansley’s visit to to the North East.
“Mr Lansley visited the North-East Ambulance Service headquarters, in Newcastle, to launch the NHS 111 telephone service for callers who need non-emergency health care.
“A national first – and only available in County Durham and Darlington at the moment – the service is expected to be rolled out nationally if it is a success.”
In his report, Barry Nelson goes on to describe the concern over NHS cuts in the region and particularly about the publication of a report by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) which shows the scale of the cuts.
“The study, based on information obtained from every hospital and primary care trust in the Northern region – which includes the North- East and Cumbria – suggests that the £800m due to be cut in the next four years will result in 1,750 fewer health care workers and 403 fewer beds.”
The full story is here
The Wall Street Journal Eyes the NHS
Aug 23rd
“With America on the road to government-run health care, let’s check in with the British National Health Service, shall we? While all British politicians to love it, they always seem to be trying to fix it, and the coalition government Prime Minister David Cameron is no different.” writes the WSJ
The Americans just don’t get it and the British just do.
The WSJ isn’t Fox News. It isn’t a sensational red neck organ and the article in yesterday’s edition is intelligently written claiming that when healthcare is free, supply and demand can never be balanced. Yet if a main stream British newspaper wrote this in its editorial, copies would be burned in the street.
The gap between the British and Americans on the issue of healthcare is astonishing.
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