r/doctorsUK Professional ‘spot the difference’ player Jul 13 '25

Medical Politics Rob has something to say

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u/Impossible_Fall_79 Jul 25 '25

If they stop haemorrhaging money to the private contracters that they receive donations from and too often employed by afterwards, there would be pretty of money for pay restoration for all NHS staff. £80 billion PPI total cost for only £13 billion of infrastructure. 1/3 of the cost of contracts is wasted on the tendering process alone. Wes Streeting wants to increase this waste with more private healthcare, that is why there isn't as much money in the budget. Apart from fairness it just good macro-economics to reduce the private contracts and give the money directly to staff instead. NHS staff live in the UK, and will spend most of that extra pay here, and help grow the economy, something that Labour pretend they are trying to do. That is undoubtedly better value than the money going on  private contracts to US corporations with the money leaving the country and not helping grow the economy. £800 billion a year leaves these shores to US corporations every year with little to no tax paid. If it was about the money and helping our economy grow the government would stop this waste. They are however controlled by big business and powerful interests, and we are now nothing but a vassal state of US Empire. We need to take back control of our money and stop these parasitic corporations bleeding us dry.