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I'm no fan of Streeting but he's been very consistent here; use private to reduce backlogs whilst simultaneously increasing NHS capacity.
If he does this, I don't see the problem. If he doesn't, well, fuck him.
Private to reduce backlogs is a scam, it's an excuse to divert funding. It only make sense if you don't think about it at all.
Every single conservative government around the world spins up a different reason why privatization is the answer, because they are drooling at the idea of having it run like the U.S
Never takes long for the US to be brought up. Even though literally no one wants anything to do with it because they know it's shite.
There are more than two options for healthcare provision, and it's annoying how everything is boiled down to "NHS vs US".
nobody wants anything to do with it publicly, but plenty would be more than happy to bring it in for their own financial gain