The National Health Service is the publicly funded national healthcare system for the UK. It provides mostly free healthcare to all legal English residents. In 2015 the NHS spent 10% of its budget on private providers.
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@9D7M9CC2yrs2Y
Shouldn’t be privatised at all
@93JNMJR3yrs3Y
I am satisfied with the current amount of privatisation
@94CXVDG3yrs3Y
Less, and all public services should be in public hands.
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I think there should be less incentive for health care providers to move to private sector healthcare
@B27W8L72mos2MO
There shouldn't be privatisation of the NHS, but we shouldn't shut down ideas that can reform the NHS due to fears of privatisation
@B26RXQ22mos2MO
nationalize where it can increase quality and reduce costs, and privatize when the opposite is the case
Completely abolish the NHS and give the tax money that the NHS costs back to the people and replace it with a very good healthcare system that cost money
@B24DF8G3mos3MO
No privatiation of the health service unless we go to the French model where it is all provate but the government pays the bill.
@9ZZ9ZV93mos3MO
everyone should have access to private health care but the wealthier should be able to pay for the best health care
@9ZGXSK24mos4MO
Less, but only privatise those that will improve quality and reduce costs, but those who cant afford treatment should be able to use all NHS services for free.
@9SGRY5P6mos6MO
More, research and development should be left to private companies whereas surgery and prescriptions should be public sector workers.
@9SBTMJP6mos6MO
Less, and demand a nationalisation for all health services across the UK, and give them the same powers as the NHS.
@9S79S727mos7MO
I think they should offer private NHS appointments to people who need them and not just to the rich or middle class
@9S545M67mos7MO
Certain things should be private, such as paying to quit smoking. Why should individuals get free treatment for poor life style choices? Drugs especially for instance.
@9S2XXRX7mos7MO
Needs reform to base it on systems that work better like other european countries that have free healthcare.
@9RWM7T27mos7MO
It doesn't matter to me how privatised the NHS is. Only its effectiveness and being free on the point of delivery.
@9RT5H6HConservative7mos7MO
Only initially at the administrative and supply chain level - not medical staff - and the service providers should be regularly audited and highly accountable.
@9RQY9ZT7mos7MO
Less, only when it can increase quality while reducing costs, also foster the development of health cooperatives
@9RNR9ZZ7mos7MO
Maintain the current balance, but provide vouchers for private services for people in dire need of treatment, mental or physical.
@9RLPW6P7mos7MO
Have a mix of privatisation and nationalisation and allocate each one based on which place would need one of them for more efficency
@9RF23YZ7mos7MO
Non-govt, non-private control of national infrastructure with workplace insurance for treatment top-up
@9R3D2LPConservative8mos8MO
Push private companies to build more private hospitals with reasonable pricing to elevate pressure of the NHS and tax those hospitals and reinvest that money Into both the NHS and other public services.
@9QWR3JK8mos8MO
To a certain extent yes, but must be strictly governed with those failing being brought to book whether the medical staff or those administering them.
@9QWDBPM8mos8MO
I support the complete nationalisation of the NHS, not of all health services. Unless I misunderstood what that meant.
@9QPDFZK8mos8MO
Contractual arrangements between public and private should be improved, the question of more or less is less relevant
@9QPBV5G8mos8MO
Remove the taxes for NHS, increase monthly income for tax payers, and have tax payers decide to go private or public, similar to the U.S
@9QPBNC58mos8MO
The NHS should be allowed to charge for certain procedures rather than hand over the revenue to private providers.
@9QNPXF38mos8MO
The NHS provides too many unnecessary services and should go back to basics and be free at the point of use. It needs less money and more focus
@9QNJ58C8mos8MO
We need to assess where the money that is going into the NHS is going and make sure we keep our beloved NHS how it is!
Keep it public, but end free access for non citizens. citizens on high incomes should also be required to contribute a proportional percentage of their treatment costs, but low enough to compete with private options where possible.
@9QM74JR8mos8MO
The NHS should be effectively run as a business - based on patent care and service delivered rather than cost savings
@9QLYVLB8mos8MO
Less, but the NHS needs significant reform. Less managers and more front line staff- doctors and nurses.
@9QLVGWK8mos8MO
Hard to answer. Pros and cons for both. Health should not be inaccessible...but it's also inaccessible with it being '"free" and over-whelmed.
@9QLPCTW8mos8MO
There shouldn’t be from a morale viewpoint, but I see no other option to improve efficiency both internally and from the pov of the general public’s access to appointments etc
@9QLBYFKConservative8mos8MO
Implementation of deposit system for GP and community services to prevent frequent non-attenders. Return 90% of deposit if attends.
@9QKNG9F8mos8MO
Neither should stay as it is and possibly raise the % to 15%. Stop staff and visitors and patients from paying for their parking
@9QKMK4R8mos8MO
The NHS is no longer fit for purpose. It requires restructuring to remove unnecessary cost and resource burdens. Those on higher incomes should pay a minimal amount at the point of entry.
@9QKLXNL8mos8MO
NHS should be made available to UK citizens, Privatised to those who have came over from another country.
Don't privatise it and increase the amount of Doctors and nurses available for those who can't afford to go private
@9QK6MW58mos8MO
Behaviour-related national insurance contributions that increase with harmful behaviours like smoking, and decrease with good behaviours like physical activity.
@9QJWJ698mos8MO
The NHS should be free for everyone earning under £80,000 a year.
People earning more than £80,000 a year should get mandatory 'full-cover' private insurance, paid as gross salary sacrifice via their employer. However, this should only be introduced in combination with a Government imposed cap on full-cover premiums that all health insurance companies have to comply with, not to exceed 3% of the employee's gross income per year.
@9QJSQ4G8mos8MO
Unless you are going to pay for the education of NHS workers and increase their wages how on earth can they act in such a private way. Private entity’s are considerably more funded therefore they are majority to prove better at their jobs because they have been given privately funded education and resources
@9QJQF598mos8MO
I don't believe more or less is the answer. Private healthcare is available in various forms to those who can afford it. All efforts regarding the NHS should be towards funding the construction of new hospitals and GP surgeries, and hiring more staff with a focus on A&E departments.
@9QJPSL58mos8MO
Should be nationalised but charge for citizens who deliberately abuse their health by smoking, drinking excessively or eat poor diets
@9QJKBVV8mos8MO
Stop making NHS cuts and put some more money and training into it and put the roles back in that were taken away, stop letting it run with skeleton staff and stop making cuts in a service already under strain and instead take money from the crooked politicians, the ones that partied during covid etc and put that money directly into NHS
@9QJ7DJC8mos8MO
Add fees for walk in centers, to take strain off waiting times for those who actually need/ have critical conditions
@9QJ57YQ8mos8MO
Free up individuals who can pay to be able to pay for private healthcare by making it more accessible
@9QJ4XGJ8mos8MO
I don’t have a preference on whether it’s privatised but only on a reduction in wait times and whichever path leads to fewer unnecessary deaths even if that results in greater costs.
The NHS has always been private to a degree, with for example GP practices having contracts to provide services to the NHS.
@9QJ2JXV8mos8MO
There needs to be a complete overhaul of the NHS, with a system adopted similar to that of our European neighbours like France and Germany
@9QJ27NW8mos8MO
Basic frontline services are already privatisation. GPS/Dentists/Opticians. Address that issue first
@9QHZ75L8mos8MO
Less, and privatisation should be made to be openly transparent. We should also hold the public/patients more accountable for their own health.
@9QHWDLH8mos8MO
Put more funds into the NHS and make the senior management accountable for the funds, To many back handers. The NHS is @ breaking point , bring back the Old style matrons
@9QHT2XR8mos8MO
There should be Deposits of a certain value to placed on an appointment - Lets say £10 to secure an appointment with the doctor, if the person then requires paracetamol or ibuprofen they don't get the deposit back. Reduce the number of time wasters saturating the NHS, Same principle for A&E
@9QHLZDP8mos8MO
I think it’s very dependent on a lot of things. I don’t believe everyone should automatically get free health care.
@9QHL7N38mos8MO
I would prefer an opt in/out of service where emergency care is provided. I would propose that staff can't mix their employer.
@9QHGXLT8mos8MO
Innovate the NHS to be a preventative healhcare system and put money into anti ageing. change the food system to a healthy one
@9QGJLTZConservative8mos8MO
Charges should be made if ambulances are called out inappropriately and daily charges to stay in hospital
@9QG3D9C8mos8MO
The nhs should start to focus on essential care and not specialist areas which should be privatised.
@9QFZV8D8mos8MO
A team of people need to be set up to go around all the trusts in the NHS with the aim of designing a cohesive system that can be design with with the eventual aim of migrating every trust onto the same systems. This would involve compromise but all the trusts have different systems and suppliers and ways of doing things that doesn’t work effectively. There should be section 151 officers to maintain proper accountability to control spending. There are too many people creaming off the top. Surgeons should either work solely for the NHS or be a consultant. Not moonlight between both roles
@9QFXD4B8mos8MO
Less but invest more on the NHS so that it may run just as effectively, if not more, than private healthcare sectors
@9QFM7QS8mos8MO
The NHS should be given the resources and funding it needs and deserves - especially after saving it during Covid
@9QDVJWV 8mos8MO
There is a balance to be had. Privatising to save costs will devalue the staff. Profit will always win over employees. There are some areas that would benefit from privatisation but this should be carefully managed.
People like myself who are disabled with rare conditions can’t afford the PRIVATE SERVICE. The doctors who specialise in my condition are PRIVATE I can’t afford it.
@9QDHBB6Liberal Democrat8mos8MO
There should be less privatisation unless for the use of reducing waiting lists for urgent care (surgeries/mental health)
@9QD5Q3Y8mos8MO
NHS to be operated as a business, whilst overseen via experienced advisors & central Government. Increasing efficiences and reducing waste.
@9QD2LL68mos8MO
Allow a private sector to build to reduce strain while maintaining higher wages/better benefits to stop medics abandoning the NHS
@9QCZK748mos8MO
NHS is no longer fit for purpose it needs to be broken up and re-established to make it more effective
@9QBZ29J8mos8MO
If you go private you pay for the treatment throughout the problem even if getting medication from GP
@9Q9XXVS8mos8MO
I think it should privatise certain areas, not ones where people who have long term health conditions can't be seen unless they go private
@9Q9WQRN8mos8MO
Less but there should still be private healthcare facilities for those who choose to use them and can afford it.
@9Q9TT4G8mos8MO
Two tier system with free NHS for lower income and a contribution scheme for higher earners like Australia
@9Q9LDKM8mos8MO
Less, but there has to be a massive reform and the government has to invest more into providing quality care and not cutting costs everywhere
@9Q9GTZK8mos8MO
Less, if contracts are given to 3rd parties to run they have to meet strict criteria and reasonable goals to hold their contract
More, if this will aid NHS waiting times and those who need to seek NHS attention. Private healthcare should have a universal or aligned rate across the board to ensure a fair approach to health. Government Insurance scheme to help aid those moving from NHS to private through supporting businesses
@9Q9336F8mos8MO
NHS requires full rebuild and audit of expenditure. Should continue to be funded through taxation and be free at the point of use.
@9Q8Z9KL8mos8MO
Manage it properly without the need for privatisation. Foreigners should pay for NHS treatment via holiday/visitor insurance.
@9Q8VKFP8mos8MO
Neutral. The NHS is not a single organisation but many smaller ones. It isn't working and needs significant change in how it operates to future proof. The privatisation question detracts from this bigger issue
@9Q8RPFH8mos8MO
The front facing service itself should be public. Research can and should be privatised where advantageous.
@9Q8NQ2W8mos8MO
Outsource services with huge backlogs for appointments and operation waiting times. Bring back into NHS control once the service is back on track
@9Q7SHQY8mos8MO
I think there should be a good mix, for those that are able to access private healthcare through the workplace etc then saving the NHS for children, elderly and low income families etc
Provide the NHS additional funds to outsource to specialist private healthcare services where nhs shortages or lack of nhs service are in place
@9Q7JYSF8mos8MO
Introduce a system similar to France whereby those who can afford to pay more towards healthcare do so to reduce the strain on services needed by those who cannot afford to pay
@9Q7C9FR8mos8MO
Radically reduce administration, woke agenda and non-essential medical care (radically reduce mental health care).
Everyone can make an extra contribution a month to help the NHS eg how much can you donate this month to your NHS or set up a dd for NHS based on what we can afford.
@9Q6R3688mos8MO
No but A government discount program should be placed so people have easier access to private healthcare
The question is ambiguous. What parts of the NHS are privatised ? The NHS needs to be completely overhauled to improve efficiency.
@9Q6BPX28mos8MO
What the NHS is, and does needs reconsidering, and openly debating. i.e. who is getting all the money?
@9Q648PW8mos8MO
Whilst the NHS is suffering, I have had no alternative but to pay private. Unless there are significant improvements I have very low confidence in the CURRENT NHS
@9Q635788mos8MO
All the conversations around the NaHA are irrelevant in isolation. The following needs to be determined as resolved
1) what is the NHS for? It can not be everything to everyone
2) the aging population and demand for NHS keeps increasing therefore more guidelines of use need to be implemented.
3) NHS procurement policy is ridiculously inefficient and costly. It is an easy fix for a business trail of thought to reduce costs by approximately 50% if not more. Ie. Ward matrons could simply order from Amazon
All visitors to the country and relatives (non British passport holders) of even British passport holders need to pay for the services. The British passport holder needs to be accountable for payment, including giving birth
@9Q629KM8mos8MO
If people want to pay for private services and can afford it, let them, if it reduces the NHS waiting lists, great
@9Q5VS9F8mos8MO
Change to a health fund system as in Israel with contributions based on income & free to those on low incomes
@9Q5T5MQ8mos8MO
The nhs should remain as it is with people having the option to pay for private health care if they choose
@9Q5K32S8mos8MO
Ultimately I believe the NHS should be run by the government. It just needs to get the right people in the right jobs. Too many private companies make far too much money out of the NHS. Procurement for medicine and anything the NHS buys should be under the microscope
@9Q3MFL98mos8MO
We should move to a French type system with compulsory, centrally administered health insurance based on income
@9PZDDXP8mos8MO
NMC Guidelines are too strict. Making it harder for patients to be discharged until all examinations have been done. Resulting in unnecessary admissions. The is growing and we are in need of more community services. Ie, community hospitals, GP practices, carers, nursing homes, alcohol community services. We should privatise it in a way where it would discourage unnecessary attendances but encourage the more sick to attend by charging a £20 booking in fee to see a doctor in A&E.
@9PZC9LG8mos8MO
It shouldn’t be a two tier system. Private should be optional but not at the detriment of NHS. Private wouldn’t survive with no NHS and vice versa.
@9PZ9SJV8mos8MO
Less, but better financial practices and more sustainable approaches need to be employed. Given the budget of the NHS and there current practices this is achievable.
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