The Angry Dentist—Should Rishi Sunak use the NHS?
Channel: Derek Watson
Date: 2022-11-24

At the CBI conference on 22 November 2022 Rishi Sunak said "I grew up in an NHS family, it’s in my blood. And as your prime minister, I will always protect an NHS free at the point of use." At the same time it has come out that he is registered with a private GMP. This led to Paul Evans, director of the NHS Support Federation, telling The Guardian: “...it is a reminder that we need politicians that have a long-term belief in the publicly-run NHS which most of us rely upon.”

Does not using the NHS imply that someone does not have a long-term belief in it?

01:00 PPE
02:00 Public figures and public services
02:45 'Jumping the queue'
03:40 The Lake
04:50 Introduction
05:10 No Prime Minister is going to queue (even on the NHS).
05:50 Health Select Committee bubble
07:24 Should we all use the NHS?
08:36 The origins of the NHS funding crisis.
08:48 Should you have the choice of NHS or private?
09:40 Shared savings / voucher system.
11:45 Jealousy or frustration?
12:00 If it's so good, why not use it?
14:45 Is using a service a show of good faith?
15:30 The oligarchy.
18:30 Monopsony purchasing. The NHS is not free.
20:00 A worked example.
22:15 Abuse of the NHS payment system.
23:05 The contract defines the 'abuse'.
26:00 Are people who use the NHS mad?
27:15 Rishi Sunak is not 'jumping the queue'.

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