The doctorate part at least

it would be politically painful

but we need to sort out the incentives here

is that still the case though? I thought brown ended education grants... or might have been DC

Abolish the GP system, it's a quasi-private system

i'm ok with a mixture of public and private

what's the argument that this implamentation is bad?

I'm okay with it if it's planned - not if it's a hold back from 70 years ago

Docs get paid per seen patient

right, so is it a remaining part of pre-nhs?

Yeah

ok, then yeah, it needs to be reconsidered

Hence why a go practice is officially a 'private practice'

Go is gp lol

again, i'm fine with private practices

even if they provide NHS service

hmm apparently the average wait time for a knee replacement is longer under private insurance than NHS

@wacka here in the UK?

yeah

I'm all for private. Just it was how we roped doctors in a the birth of the NHS

@wacka what's the root cause of that? is it some delay in getting the bone replacement? or is it a backlog?

because not all doctors practise privately on top of the nhs work they do

ah hang on... Im just reading this weird graph wrong 😛

So like, 2 local practices merged so they didn't have to rent 2 buildings - now people have to travel further and get less time with a doc to maximise profit

@Jes i've worked with many bottom feeders from the nhs in my job

one line is NHS wait time, one bar is private cost

So so many wladfa

I must say, the NHS practise I was with when I lived near Coventry was fantastic

so knee replacement is the most expensive.. even more than hip replacement :/

because of perminent mental health issues, they treated me extremely well

Kinda makes sense wacka

the one i'm with now around MK is awful

Knee is more complicated joint

Also one would want to explore all the reasons for why it would be more expensive

but as we know, price is a complex thing

There is also a treatment gap between men and women.
Women get priority service

Imagine my shock

Which I'm fine with

Just don't claim equality

I would be fine ...

yes