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Article #142: HEALTH PROBLEMS ON A NATIONAL SCALE

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The too high level of taxes in the UK has like Great Britain can sustain a system
laid its shadow upon the National Health of this size. But lack of interest and
System as well. The too large amounts of uncaring taxation of it is a great
spending for the public sector and threat.
exports have led to problems with jobs in Health services is obviously something
the national corporations. Currently we any society needs and recent phenomena
are living the effects of this policy affect the blood service dramatically, as
that has been going on for a few years Lillian Elliot, working at national level
now and causes Britain to stand low in in this branch, points out. She claimed
European standards in what regards the that because of the job crisis, the nine
taxation. Recent events make us believe blood processing and testing centres may
that a change is very necessary if we be reduced to three. The vital blood
don't want too see a massive effect on supplies may find themselves more in
the economy taking place in the future. movement than in centres where they are
One of the best signs that something needed.
doesn't function in the inside are the Protesters also went in support of the
protests. This is just what happened, as 250 workers in the mental health area who
about 400 of the employees in the NHS criticised the slashes and lowering of
took to the streets engaging in protests jobs, as well as the threats to privatise
against the job cuts inside their system. some health agencies.
The crowd spoke against reducing budgets A senior radiographer at the Hope
in the health sector and all too high Hospital in Salford, Angela Murphy spoke
taxes. This all was only part of a plan about the tensions in her branch, where
issued by the NHS Together alliance of the working time has increased by 2.5
unions and other organisations, so it was hours a weak and salaries are growing
a case when people working in this field slower than the inflation. This causes
united to protest; this is a sign of a people there to be nervous and agitated.
serious problem. The protesters staged in The chance to have redundancies increases
Albert Square, Manchester and shouted the already existing tension.
against the budget drop. The general of TUC, Brendan barber,
The chair of the Manchester branch of wished a warm good luck to the protester
Unison for community and mental health, in their quest against the job reductions
Karen Reissman, stated that the situation and hailed the improvements of health
is a curfew. She warned that if people services quality in the last years.
involved in the health business don't act The crisis has reached the top, literary,
now this realm will be threatened with as a giant banner of NHS together now
disappearance in the coming years. greets anyone climbing to the peak of
According to her, the health system is Skiddaw in Lake District.
kind of under attack, because a country






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