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Well this has to be a good thing, surely?
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[url= http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2013/07/19/privatised-nhs-blood-services-sold-to-mitt-romney-s-company ]http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2013/07/19/privatised-nhs-blood-services-sold-to-mitt-romney-s-company[/url]
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It is indeed a good thing. Private equity companies are renowned for their public spirited altruism, and for their pursuit of delivering the highest possible standards in services to the taxpaying public. And if sometimes they can make small, but perfectly reasonable profit on the deal, then thats only fair. After they've paid the tax owed on that profit, in full, obviously
And thankfully this model will be rolled out across the rest of the NHS. So that's something for us all to look forward too.
Nope, it's a shit idea (I know that's what you were suggesting!).
at least it is not Sarah Palin
FWIW the article says the plasma comes from US donors as we may have CJD
Smug Vegan is smug content- I have emailed him to see what I get per pint 😉
But the plasma is collected from US donors because of concerns of a risk of contamination with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the human form of BSE.The service is completely seperate to blood donation services in the UK, which are unaffected.
I think it is a great thing. Couldn't imagine the previous owners investing £50 million in it.
Note - this has nothing at all to do with the National Blood Service. That is untouched and in NHS hands so donors do not have any reason to be concern by *this* development.
This is a firm that secures blood plasma from other sources to ensure that if the NBS stocks are low we can get hold of blood from other sources.
It used to be a US firm which the NHS purchased and now for reasons unknown (and probably nothing at all to do with money and the stealth privatisation of the NHS - honest) has been sold off to this private equity firm.
The main concern is that there is the possibility that in order to maximise profit corners will be cut when screening blood from other sources and infections, viruses etc may enter UK blood stocks.
[url= http://www.blood.co.uk/news/statements/blood-not-sold-for-profit/ ]http://www.blood.co.uk/news/statements/blood-not-sold-for-profit/[/url]
safe for now, it seems?
Maybe if they paid people to donate plasma in the UK we wouldn't need to do this?
Maybe if they paid people to donate plasma in the UK we wouldn't need to do this?
My understanding us that they can't use plasma from UK donors due to potential CJD issues.
wwaswas, that first link is a disgrace, ill informed scare mongering which is designed/destined to reduce the number of people willing to donate blood.
very well done
*slow hand clap*
i ma live today because someone gave freely.
im adult enough to understand though that folks have to earn a living. whether thats the individual who sticks the needle in the chap who drives the bus or the lady who makes the cup of tea they ve all made a living from the NHS, why shouldnt the company running the service be able to make a profit.
the size of the profit will depend entirely on the accumen of the NHS staff who negotiate the deal for the NHS..