Wow, now if Scotland gained full independance and didnt take anything from the English exchequer we might be able to afford the NHS, which is not being starved of funds it is constantly having to afford more and more expensive equipment , medicines and over staffed "management", add to that the importrd USA sue everybody culture no country in the World can afford to pay for everything people want now a days
artistwally wrote:
The real reason the NHS in England and Wales is grinding to halt is that successive governments in the UK have been gradually privatising the system so their pals in big business can make vast profits from the sick. The fact that the UK has massive debts for a small country was not helped by being involved in an illegal war that was to do with the UK.
In Scotland, where we are fighting for independence, we manage the Scottish National Health Service, a totally separate organisation, better in spite of the fact that the Westminster Government keeps cutting the pocket money they give us while they squander the wealth from Scottish oil fields on weapons of mass destruction and bankers bonuses.
In Scotland we manage free medicine for the sick, free hospital treatment, free bus passes for the over 60s, all on the miserly Block Grant we are allowed by Westminsters Tory Government.
While the members of the Westminster have just decided to give themselves an 11% pay increase the NHS nursing staffs are being allowed 1%.
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