The first, and so basic a point, to make, is that obviously there will never be a 'meteor impact' privatisation of the NHS, ala Royal Mail. This would be, it is generally agreed political suicide due to the public's value of the service. This straw man needs to burn.
Dec 27, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Subtext: Growth in private health insurance. Growth in self-pay. Growth in private beds in FTs. Private elective ops. New private hospitals popping up all over. GPs, child, mental health increasingly contracted to private. Departure of staff to private.
Think tank group think and overwhelmingly libertarian, right wing press and now opposition policy: "privatisation doesn't matter"
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Dec 16, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Whitty saying what everyone wants to
Yes, I know there are delays in cancer diagnosis. Sadly, I diagnose cancer every week. Covid has caused delays. Nobody wants covid disruption. Covid is also a disease which kills and debilitates, particularly elderly & chronically unwell. And it requires our cooperation to fight.
Dec 3, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Covid RNA vaccine facts.
- RNA is just a temporary message, (like Snapchat, not like Whatsapp)
- RNA vaccines cannot become a permanent part of our genes or 'get into our DNA', RNA has a very short half-life
- Coronavirus can't be made in our body as it has 25 proteins and the RNA for only 1 is in the vaccine
- The safety profile is similar to any other vaccine, there are no concerns in the data available to date
Jul 1, 2020 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Karol Sikora, a cancer doctor, has been very prominent on social media, repeatedly invited on TV and appeared in newspapers including @SkyNews, @itvnews, @Telegraph and @Daily_Express during the coronavirus pandemic.
This thread can tell you a bit more about his background.
Karol Sikora's Rutherford Health Plc has today done a £55m deal with Equitix, an asset fund, to develop private diagnostic services to sell to the NHS.
It is stated that there is an agreement in place with an unnamed NHS Trust which will be revealed once a special purpose vehicle (SPV) has been set up.
Jun 21, 2020 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
During the covid19 crisis 'the positive professor' Karol Sikora, CMO of Rutherford Cancer Centres, has been promoting his private interests.
On 11th May he tweeted: "can we please stop with the 'packed beaches' headlines?"
May 9, 2020 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
People should know about Professor Karol Sikora. He has transformed into something of an NHS advocate of late. He has supported free marketeers and is a vocal advocate for private healthcare. He has a long track record as an anti-NHS activist.
In 2004, he argued the NHS "has produced a deeply unequal system where the most affluent in society can opt out while the poorest often receive some of the worst healthcare in Europe", advocating a "consumer-led service" theguardian.com/comment/story/…
