Study Task- For Arguments Sake- Privatising the NHS

Privatising the NHS

For this presentation and task, I have been asked to produce a 5 minute presentation with 5 slides, showing why privatization would be a positive and good thing for this country. This was a very difficult task at first as I didn't know anything about the NHS as tis always been a confusing topic, so I didn't even know privatization was a thing to worry about. 

After researching, I found these quotes and sites below that showed me and educated me on the subject, as well as the pros and cons of the NHS privatization. This was when I started to create the presentation after a few days of getting information together.

Pros and cons of privatising the NHS: could it ever work?

http://www.theweek.co.uk/nhs/63360/pros-and-cons-of-privatising-the-nhs-could-it-ever-work
The NHS in England has a "substantial financial problem", particularly in the hospital sector, according to its former chief executive Sir David Nicholson.
heading that way anyway

PROS

• Protecting free services
• Quality not dependent on profit
• NHS needs help
• NHS already fragmented

NHS privatisation: Why the fuss?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31435842
"It is really quite a difficult one to define - and the arguments don't always run along a consistent line," says Richard Murray, director of policy at the King's Fund. "For some it is about profit, for others it's about what control the state has. You can go on and on."

Why not... privatise the NHS

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22528719
In Germany for example a third of hospitals are run by charities, a third by for-profit companies and a third by government.

Financial crisis is one of the main reasons for privatisation going ahead and being an idea for the future, this is because, as show in the slide, More people are living longer and more babies are being born which puts more strain on the NHS as a whole. The last few years they have lost millions in their finances.

 When everyone is paying into the same pot, equality for patients will be more proponent. Having good care is needed for all patients but at the moment it isn't happening, so if it privatized then patient care will be more equal as a whole.

 With better money from going private, this will mean more money and equipment. Here I found lots of statistics, showing how their aren't enough nurses to go around and it is endangering the patients in their care.

 Gaining more staff from more money going into the fund, specialist staff can be taken on and more people can benefit from their training and learn how to look after different patients will different issues.

 One of the main concerns, is that giving the NHS over to contractors would mean the end to the NHS as we knows it, but by gaining help from people who have more money and are better at delegating it than the government, it will be a very positive overall outcome for the NHS. Contractors could only get a 1/3 share like in Germany and the other 1/3 to charities to make it a partial privatization which would work in everyones favour, and result in more money to go around.

Overall this was a good exercise in researching as I didn't know anything about the NHS when I started and no one thought I could find good points to this notion, yet there were many good points out there and a partial privatization could be a good overall plan for the future so the money can be spread around and their wouldn't be a loss each year.