Government Advisor Plots Two Tier NHS Waiting Lists For People In Work
March 7, 2014
What the???
A shocking proposal from a so-called expert at the Department of Health has suggested that people in work should be given priority for treatment in the NHS.
In a move which could hit pensioners, disabled people, lone parents and unemployed people, government advisor Dame Carol Black has said: “I personally think we should perhaps be more honest and debate more fully if we would prioritise such patients if it was a question of getting them back to work.”
In other words if you are currently without a job, for any reason, then forget about accessing healthcare as you are pushed down to the bottom of NHS waiting lists. Black’s comments even seem to suggest that the sicker you are, and the less likely to be able to go back to work, then the longer you might have to wait for NHS treatment.
Dame Carol Black made the comments – which…
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Same Difference 
At least NICE found it was unfair and virtually unworkable to add things such as the ability to work to cost modeling when working out the value or cost effectiveness of health treatments when asked to do so by the DH. The DH appeared to have forgotten its own duties under the Equality Act, and ignored its own 2012 guidance on not discriminating healthcare on grounds of age.
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So carers that save the UK economy billions & are classed as unemployed, would have to take a back seat waiting list, does not seem sensible to me, let alone the rapid deterioration of some1 that is already frail / ill due to sickness or disability. Would end up costing the NHS more in long run.
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