It won’t be easy, but with this handy step-by-step guide you too can privatise a health service
So you want to sell off the NHS? The 67-year old behemoth has radically improved people’s quality of life for nearly a century, so it won’t be easy. Here’s a handy step-by-step guide to privatising the health service.
1. Know your enemy
In 2010, a King’s Fund poll put NHS satisfaction at above 70% – the highest ever recorded approval rating. United Kingdom is joint fourth in the world for child mortality outcomes, joint fourth in the world for life expectancy (male), and joint eighth in the world for maternity mortality. However, it currently spends only 9.1% GDP on healthcare or US$3,598 per person, which is free at the point of service. The US spends twice as much (17.1% of GDP or US$9,146) and scores sixth in child mortality, sixth in the world for life expectancy and 24th for maternal mortality. To sum up, you’re faced with a well-liked, efficient, life saving machine. You won’t be able to try a head-on approach; public opinion will need to be swayed first.
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