Will the health of the nation improve?

Question

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/main.jhtml?xml=/health/2004/11/19/hcheck19.xml

The government are going to change the NHS (again). Do you think that the health of the nation will be better as a result of the changes?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7480910.stm

Answer 1

It seems that they want to change the NHS simply for the sake of change. I personally don't agree with these new polyclinics - many people won't be able to get to them, and they will lose the sense of friendliness we had with the local GP surgery (I've been with mine for 17 years).

If they really want to change, then scrap this silly PFI initiative which is privatisation by the back door. The public are mostly proud of the NHS - don't let the government sell it off to the highest bidder.

Answer 2

It will improve if we walk more, eat better, cut out drugs (eg alcohol and tobacco)     Why leave it all to the government?

Answer 3

the health of the nation will only improve when labour are out!!

Answer 4

No, working in the NHS myself in a GP Practice this is not about improving health but about winning votes. They know their back is against the wall but this is the start of Zanu-NuLab's Election campaign to start "buying" votes.