Javid plans ‘academy school’ style NHS revolution. Zahawi: ‘Be proud of private education”

[ks.234]

The Health Secretary is “planning to set up academy-style hospitals to tackle post-pandemic waiting lists, it was claimed today.

Under the re-organisation, Sajid Javid will give more freedom to well-run hospitals that manage to treat patients quickly.

But he will come down hard on below-par NHS trusts in an attempt to deal with the 'huge' variation in performance across the health service.

It would see poorly-run hospitals effectively turned into 'reform trusts', according to The Times. The move would be similar to the Blairite reforms, where schools rated as inadequate are forcibly converted into academies.”

Meanwhile our Education Secretary says, “Britain should be “very proud” of its private schools and not “tilt the system” to ensure more pupils from state schools are admitted to Oxbridge”.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nadhim-zahawi-be-proud-of-private-education-v750j82gb
Health and Education are in the front line of this government’s obsession with privatisation. While Partygate rumbles on, in the background the NHS is being softened up for the same injection of corruption and vested interests as our schools.

A pre-1945 world awaits.


https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nadhim-zahawi-be-proud-of-private-education-v750j82gb

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...lution-bid-reduce-hospital-waiting-times.html

 

[TheDecameron]

The Health Secretary is “planning to set up academy-style hospitals to tackle post-pandemic waiting lists, it was claimed today.

Under the re-organisation, Sajid Javid will give more freedom to well-run hospitals that manage to treat patients quickly.

But he will come down hard on below-par NHS trusts in an attempt to deal with the 'huge' variation in performance across the health service.

It would see poorly-run hospitals effectively turned into 'reform trusts', according to The Times. The move would be similar to the Blairite reforms, where schools rated as inadequate are forcibly converted into academies.”

Meanwhile our Education Secretary says, “Britain should be “very proud” of its private schools and not “tilt the system” to ensure more pupils from state schools are admitted to Oxbridge”.
Health and Education are in the front line of this government’s obsession with privatisation. While Partygate rumbles on, in the background the NHS is being softened up for the same injection of corruption and vested interests as our schools.

A pre-1945 world awaits.


https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nadhim-zahawi-be-proud-of-private-education-v750j82gb

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...lution-bid-reduce-hospital-waiting-times.html

Delighted to say Scotland is immune to this latest interference in the NHS.

 

[sq225917]

Yup, meanwhile that complicit right leaning chicken shit at the labour helm let's them get away with it all.

 

[ks.234]

Yup, meanwhile that complicit right leaning chicken shit at the labour helm let's them get away with it all.

Blair started it!

 

[Tony L]

Obviously needs meeting with mass action and a national strike fully supported by Labour. Obviously won’t happen because Labour.

PS It goes without saying, but the Tories have absolutely zero mandate for this. They have 43% of a pretty poor voter turnout, or 28% of a hugely disenfranchised wider electorate behind them. Privatising the NHS (or moving things closer to that mindset) was not in their manifesto and it needs countering with any means necessary including mass protest.

 

[Weekender]

And the band played on...

 

[tuga]

Taking back control.

 

[Del monaco]

Knowing the way school academies work that’s not a good idea.

 

[Sue Pertwee-Tyr]

PS It goes without saying, but the Tories have absolutely zero mandate for this. They have 43% of a pretty poor voter turnout, or 28% of a hugely disenfranchised wider electorate behind them. Privatising the NHS (or moving things closer to that mindset) was not in their manifesto and it needs countering with any means necessary including mass protest.

More than that, you can make a decent argument that what swayed many voters in the EU referendum was That Bloody Bus. People voted in their millions to strengthen the NHS.

 

[Seanm]

They take the whole idea of socialised healthcare as an insult and won’t stop chipping away at it ever.

Labour will fail to oppose it on the grounds that genuine efficiency savings shouldn’t be dismissed on ideological grounds.

 

[Tony L]

More than that, you can make a decent argument that what swayed many voters in the EU referendum was That Bloody Bus. People voted in their millions to strengthen the NHS.

Agreed. It also gives Labour their most solid ground upon which to fight the Tories. The clearest imaginable dividing line between two otherwise authoritarian-right parties, and one where the public is overwhelmingly pro-NHS in full state ownership and control. Over to Starmer, this ball is very much in his court.

 

[Seanm]

Agreed. It also gives Labour their most solid ground upon which to fight the Tories. The clearest imaginable dividing line between two otherwise authoritarian-right parties, and one where the public is overwhelmingly pro-NHS in full state ownership and control. Over to Starmer, this ball is very much in his court.

An easy win for Labour but it will mean appearing to disown large parts of Blair's legacy (PFI, academy schools, ranking systems) so it will be very interesting to see what they do. Instinctively they will approve of it.

 

[ks.234]

Obviously needs meeting with mass action and a national strike fully supported by Labour. Obviously won’t happen because Labour.

No, not just because Labour as you keep trying to insist, because Lib Dems too. The idea that the Lib Dems would support mass strike action is rather fanciful.

 

[Tony L]

An easy win for Labour but it will mean appearing to disown large parts of Blair's legacy (PFI, academy schools, ranking systems) so it will be very interesting to see what they do. Instinctively they will approve of it.

It will be interesting to see what happens from a trade union perspective too, especially given Labour’s funding model. If Labour’s authoritarian-right don’t fight this and just capitulate to the Tories, as they do on so much these days, then it could seriously hit them in their pockets. AIUI several trade unions are already considering defunding Labour as the party has drifted so far from its core founding concepts it is no longer of use to them.

No, not just because Labour as you keep trying to insist, because Lib Dems too. The idea that the Lib Dems would support mass strike action is rather fanciful.

The LDs aren’t a trade union affiliated party, so supporting or opposing a national strike isn’t really in their core remit. I bet they’ll be on the right side of the argument though and reflect that in their parliamentary votes and arguments. I’d not put money on Labour doing so as chances are Starmer will be far more worried by what the Mail or Express think than the wider trade union movement.

 

[TheDecameron]

They take the whole idea of socialised healthcare as an insult and won’t stop chipping away at it ever.

Labour will fail to oppose it on the grounds that genuine efficiency savings shouldn’t be dismissed on ideological grounds.

I think it’s less a case of ideology than one of avarice beyond imagination. A £10bn a year business who’s assets are equally unimaginable. The last great dripping roast for friends and family of the Conservative Party. Lady Dido probably has her team in place already. Dan Hannan’s transatlantic zoom diary full for the next year.

Dave will be onboard too, now that his Greenshill income has gone down the pan.

 

[gavreid]

Labour will not support industrial action - the party has never called for a strike in its history.

 

[Sue Pertwee-Tyr]

Labour needs to grow a pair and show it still has some red lines. This one should be obvious.

 

[Mike & Van]

So Oxbridge admissions should be based on 'merit alone', fair enough, but if only all kids had the same start in life. Of course they don't, but shouldn't schools be the one leveler to make our society fairer?

 

[ks.234]

I think it’s less a case of ideology than one of avarice beyond imagination. A £10bn a year business who’s assets are equally unimaginable. The last great dripping roast for friends and family of the Conservative Party. Lady Dido probably has her team in place already. Dan Hannan’s transatlantic zoom diary full for the next year.

Dave will be onboard too, now that his Greenshill income has gone down the pan.

Yes, absolutely agree. Ideology is just a lever to achieve the ends of greed. However, that ideology is so very successful. For example, Boris Johnson can regurgitate ideological nonsense such as his, “We can’t spend our way out of trouble…..” a few days ago, and it remains unchallenged.

The ideology isn’t important because it has any basis in truth, it’s important because it masks greed and avarice so very, very well.

 

[sean99]

I think it’s less a case of ideology than one of avarice beyond imagination. A £10bn a year business who’s assets are equally unimaginable. The last great dripping roast for friends and family of the Conservative Party. Lady Dido probably has her team in place already. Dan Hannan’s transatlantic zoom diary full for the next year.

Dave will be onboard too, now that his Greenshill income has gone down the pan.

It's exactly this. They'll be looking across the Atlantic at headlines like this:

https://www.statnews.com/2022/05/12/health-insurance-ceos-raked-in-record-pay-during-covid/

"Seven health insurance CEOs raked in a record $283 million last year"

and planning how to convert the NHS to the same profit-from-death-and-bankruptcy model as the US healthcare system.