Oh Dear : 'Man' who threatens to rape nurses to be treated in private ward

[PerlOfWisdom]

A man who has a court order banning him from attacking staff at a hospital in Edinburgh is to be treated in a £18,000 private ward.

So he has a court ouder banning him from doing something that is illegal anyway.

Does that mean is't still illegal for him but this time they really mean it?

[DaveB]

So he has a court ouder banning him from doing something that is illegal anyway.

Does that mean is't still illegal for him but this time they really mean it?

It means if he does it again they dont have to bother with a trial they can just sling his ass in jail and throw away the key.

[John Galt]

It means if he does it again they dont have to bother with a trial they can just sling his ass in jail and throw away the key.

.......where he would receive preferential medical treatment in a private room anyway

[DaveB]

.......where he would receive preferential medical treatment in a private room anyway

From a guy called Bubba, who want to give him regular injections

[mevbrown]

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Mev Brown

[Board Game Geek]

Maybe Tesco should move into healthcare

Maybe Tesco should move into healthcare

Funny you should mention that, but that is precisely what they are actively considering.

The NHS model is based on a Pay-Per-Patient system, where Practice Revenue is derived from treating bums on seats. It's more complicated than that, as certain diseases earn the Practice more money, but the net result is that your personal medical problems are a potential gold mine for the Practice.

This then makes it financially viable for a Provider, eg, Tesco, to open up an instore or next door medical centre, where they can offer services to their customers. All that free parking, convenience to "Shop & Doc" and you can see the general public will endorse the idea.

Now, to make the idea even more attractive and profitable, Tesco's will employ contract GP's to provide the service. Doesn't matter where they come from, so long as they are competitively priced. So long as the Doc meets the minimum requirements, they are in. Most Docs will be fresh out of Medical School and have completed perhaps 1 year as a Registrar...or they will be imported foreign labour.

There are already a number of senior GP's who have sold their practices to a large USA/European Commercial Healthcare Provider, which incidently has links to the NHS right at the top.

What we will see is "Privatisation and Commercialisation By Stealth".

Once the claws sink in, do you think the Commerical Owners are going to be satisfied with the current arrangement of funding by the NHS, paying them chicken feed per patient ? Do you think they would honestly invest all their time and money to provide a service which GP's currently provide unless there is more potential further down the line ?
Look at the “death of the high street” caused mostly in part by the large supermarkets. The same scenario now threatens our GP Surgeries.

Oh well, it’s only business innit ?