This South London NHS trust is bust whilst politicians are queueing up to stick the knife in and twist it. The trust is in debt to the tune of 69 million, but why? Well for a start it became the victim of ruthless financiers that managed to tie it up in PFI knots, and having done so successfully, became the greediest pig at the trough where the trust's budget is concerned. Instead of being spent on medics and treatments, millions have instead been wasted, servicing a massive and unnecessary debt. Add to this the consequences of alcohol and drug abuse, unhealthy diet, health tourism and injuries arising from social breakdown (gang fights / nightclub brawls etc) and unsurprisingly the money to deal with it all has run out.
What are politicians for if not to steward the affairs of the nation? It is up to them to prevent the likes of hard pressed NHS trusts becoming ensnared with ruthless financiers pushing lucrative (for them) deals. And when social breakdown gets a grip and will impose mighty costs upon us all, that too indicates that our lords and masters are not doing their job anything like adequately. The problem here isn't the NHS, but the political establishment that would far rather look after the interests of big business that do the right thing by society.
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