Privatisation of the NHS

[duke63]

Well it looks like Covid has allowed the Govenrment to go well down this route already.

Just tried to book an online appointment with my GP and i get told there are no current appointments but i can book a paid for service with a pharmacist or outside partner.

This is the list of ailments you can pay to have looked at:

Appointments outside your GP practice
Please be aware that the following services are provided by partners and include paid services.

Physiotherapy NEW
Physiotherapy assessment

Physiotherapy video consultation

Counselling NEW
Counselling assessment

Counselling assessment - ASD & learning disability

Counselling assessment - couples therapy

Counselling assessment - drug and alcohol addiction

Counselling assessment - severe mental illness and
personality disorder

Counselling assessment (under 18s)

Counselling video assessment

Dietary
Dietitian assessment


Dietitian assessment - paediatric


Dietitian assessment - pregnancy


Osteopathy
Osteopathy

Osteopathy follow-up appointment

Pharmacy
Coronavirus antibody testing
NEW

General health blood profile
NEW

Heart health & diabetes blood profile
NEW

Sexual health blood/urine profile
NEW

Sports fitness blood profile
NEW

Tiredness/fatigue blood profile
NEW

Vitamin & mineral blood profile
NEW

Well man blood profile
NEW

Well woman blood profile
NEW

Pharmacy telephone consultation
NEW

Pharmacy video consultation
NEW

Acne cream


Altitude sickness - tablets



Asthma - emergency inhaler supply
(salbutamol inhaler)



Athlete’s foot and fungal skin infections
treatment



Back pain - tablets



Cervical cancer - vaccination

Chickenpox - vaccination

Chlamydia screening for under 25s - NHS

Chlamydia treatment



Cholera - vaccination

Cholesterol testing

Contraceptive pill supply



Cystitis tablets video consultation

Cystitis/UTI treatment



Dermatitis - steroid cream



Emergency contraception



Erectile dysfunction tablets (as needed)



Erectile dysfunction tablets (daily treatment)



Facial hair treatment for women

Flu - treatment capsules



Flu - vaccination (for 18 to 64 year-olds)

Fungal skin infection treatment

Hay fever treatments



Help for common health conditions (Wales)

Help for minor health conditions (Scotland)


Hepatitis A - vaccination

Hepatitis A and B - vaccination

Hepatitis A and typhoid - vaccination

Hepatitis B - vaccination

HPV -vaccination (boys)

Indigestion and heartburn - tablets

Irritable bowel syndrome treatment – Alverine
Citrate

Japanese encephalitis - vaccination

Malaria prevention treatment



Male hair loss - tablets



Medicine for jet lag



Meningococcal (meningitis) (ACWY) - vaccination

Meningococcal (meningitis) B - vaccination

Migraine - tablets and sprays

Migraine anti-sickness treatment

MMR vaccination

NHS Emergency contraception (Scotland only)

NHS flu vaccination for over 18

NHS Medicine Use Reviews (MURs)


NHS Pneumococcal vaccination

NHS Stop smoking support



Outer ear infection treatment

Period delay - tablets



Period pain - tablets


Pharmacy consultation

Piles (haemorrhoids) treatment


Plaque psoriasis treatment



Pneumococcal - vaccination

Premature ejaculation treatment

Rabies - vaccination

Scalp inflammation treatment



Shingles - vaccination

Shingles treatment



Smoking cessation - varenicline tablets



Sore throat - test and treat

Tetanus, diphtheria and polio (DTP) - vaccination

Thrush - tablets


Tick-borne encephalitis - vaccination

Travel advice



Traveller’s diarrhoea - antibiotics



Typhoid - vaccination

Weight loss - orlistat tablets



Weight loss - saxenda injections

Yellow fever - vaccination

Hearing
Ear plugs

Earwax removal

Hearing assessment (for 3 1/2-8 year olds)

Hearing assessment (for 9-15 year olds)

Hearing assessments (for over-16s)

Hearing protection

Tinnitus assessment and treatment

[Kwacky]

If you go online to complete your track and trace details it tells you your data is going to an American company.

[D41]

I'd take that as a good thing. The U.S. has been doing private healthcare for a long time. It's far from perfect, and sometimes might involve a little bit more running around to get you to the right specialist, should you need one.
But it does work ...and ultimately keeps all that money in the private sector & out of government hands - and the government has a LOT of hands!!

[Kwacky]

Giving away our personal data to a foreign company for them to sell is a good thing?

[D41]

If it's being used to pursue better health services then yes, I don't see why not.
I don't think they're intending to use it to target specific individuals negatively, are they?? I mean, this is healthcare we're talking about.

[duke63]

As if the US is a model of healthcare perfection.

[Kwacky]

There's no evidence that the data is going to healthcare companies.

[D41]

Who else would be interested in it, and to what purpose?

[D6Nutz]

Giving away our personal data to a foreign company for them to sell is a good thing?

The government wanted to gift access to all patients personal notes to a US company not so long ago. It was part of the digitisation process and moving all the data to the cloud.

Fortunately capita where running the project and **** it up as usual.

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[Cav]

Is the government running one huge embezzlement program? It certainly sounds like it.

[Perkles]

this reminds me to get my Rabies sorted out

[duke63]

You know how its very difficult to see your GP? Well look who was advertising on the radio today?

https://enquire.gpdq.co.uk/ppc/?ppc_key ... gJdPfD_BwE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[D6Nutz]

You know how its very difficult to see your GP? Well look who was advertising on the radio today?

https://enquire.gpdq.co.uk/ppc/?ppc_key ... gJdPfD_BwE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

With my umbrella company, one of the perks is a free virtual GP service. I think it's becoming a lot more common.

Since COVID is actual not that bad getting a phone appointment. I can't see the surgery wanting to go back to face to face.

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[Kwacky]

We've got the online GP service at work as well