HEALTH PROBLEMS ON A NATIONAL SCALE

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