#peoplenotprofits

mlansbury@despora.de

When Profits Kill: The Deadly Costs of Treating Healthcare as a Business

The recent assassination of the CEO of #UnitedHealthcare — the health insurance company with, reportedly, the highest rate of claims rejections (and thus dead, wounded, and furious customers and their relations) — gives us a perfect window to understand the stupidity and danger of the Musk/Trump/Ramaswamy strategy of “cutting government” to “make it more efficient, run it like a corporation.”

Consider health care, which in almost every other developed country in the world is legally part of the commons — the infrastructure of the nation, like our roads, public schools, parks, police, military, libraries, and fire departments — owned by the people collectively and run for the sole purpose of meeting a basic human need.

https://hartmannreport.com/p/when-profits-kill-the-deadly-costs-e1a

#Healthcare #SaveOurNHS #NHS #CorporateTerrorism #greed #profits #PeopleNotProfits

mlansbury@despora.de

One year on, we know this: #Sweden’s trade unions are more than a match for Elon Musk

It is the first and only #strike against #Tesla anywhere in the world. And it has now become the longest-running strike in Sweden for a century. In April, six months into the dispute,

#Musk said: “Actually, I think the storm has passed on that front, I think things are in reasonably good shape in Sweden.” That was not true then, and it is not true now.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/01/one-year-on-we-know-this-swedens-trade-unions-are-more-than-a-match-for-elon-musk

#Europe #PeopleNotProfits #Unions #work #CorporateLies

mlansbury@despora.de

UK’s #SmartMeter targets leaving energy users short-changed, says Martin Lewis

I’d suggest shifting firms’ targets from smart meter installations to the overall number of ‘working’ smart meters, which would incentivise firms to do both installations and repairs

Nearly 4m smart meters are malfunctioning in the UK, leaving some householders facing life-changing bills, according to figures released by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Repairs are slow, if they happen at all, as resources are focused on installs, leaving consumers frustrated and at risk of misbilling and further problems

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/17/uk-smart-meter-targets-energy-users-martin-lewis

#electricity #utilities #PeopleNotProfits #energy

mlansbury@despora.de

‘I’ve never been so driven’: Led By Donkeys on mocking Liz Truss, duping Matt Hancock and renaming Michelle Mone’s yacht

The group has campaigned on everything from the PPE scandal to the deaths of children in Gaza with their headline-grabbing guerrilla actions.

And they’re only just getting started

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/16/ive-never-been-so-driven-led-by-donkeys-on-mocking-liz-truss-duping-matt-hancock-and-renaming-michelle-mones-yacht

#UK #England #LedByDonkeys #democracy #satire #satirical #politics #PeopleNotProfits

mlansbury@despora.de

It's time for legislation to end NHS #outsourcing

MPs get an opportunity every year to enter a ballot for a chance to table any bill of their choice to be debated and voted on.

You have an incredible opportunity to get your MP to enter the ballot - and then work with We Own It on a bill to end NHS outsourcing.

The deadline for MPs to enter this ballot is 6pm on Wednesday 4th September.

Whether you live in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, this affects you because decisions made about NHS England affect funding for the NHS in every UK nation. You have just 48 hours to write to your MP to enter the ballot.

https://weownit.org.uk/its-time-legislation-end-nhs-outsourcing

#NHS #SaveOurNHS #privatisation #PeopleNotProfits #CorporateGreed

mlansbury@despora.de

Dear Ofwat: don't let #Thames dodge its fines, take back its licence instead

Do you think privatised utilities should be allowed to regulate themselves?

#Ofwat does! It is consulting on plans to accept Thames Water’s proposals for a “turnaround plan” instead of fining them £250 MILLION for breaking the terms of their licence.

When #privatised services fail to meet their contracts, they should lose them. They fire their employees for less.

https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/dont-let-thames-dodge-fines-take-its-licence-instead

#corruption #water #sewage #CapitalismFails #PeopleNotProfits #ThamesWater

mlansbury@despora.de

Safety warnings as #Torness #nuclear plant sees increase in cracks

The cracks were detected in April 2024 and were “at the upper end of expectations”. The first three cracks were discovered at Torness in February 2022. That's risen to 46 cracks.

Spreading cracks could result in debris inhibiting the cooling of hot #radioactive fuel. This can lead to a reactor #meltdown, which can result in the escape of radioactivity into the environment.

The station was originally scheduled to close in 2023, and in 2016 its expected life was extended to 2030.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24465709.safety-warnings-torness-nuclear-plant-sees-increase-cracks/

#PeopleNotProfits #NuclearPower #safety

mlansbury@despora.de

UK sends private #healthcare shareholders profits of £10 million a week

Our NEW analysis reveals the NHS lost £6.7 billion to private profits since 2012 due to outsourcing - that is £10 million a week.

Outsourcing is not a neutral choice. It turns our health service into a wealth service for a handful of people.

Take just 2 minutes to send this research to your local candidates now.

https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/we-send-private-shareholders-profits-£10-million-week

#NHS #SaveOurNHS #PeopleNotProfits #PrivatisationFails #greed #CorporateGreed #ToryCorruption #LabourCorruption

mlansbury@despora.de

Labour and Tories would ‘both leave NHS worse off than under austerity’

Labour and the Conservatives would both leave the #NHS with lower spending increases than during the years of Tory austerity, according to an independent analysis of their manifestos by a leading health thinktank.

The assessment by the respected #Nuffield Trust of the costed NHS policies of both parties, announced in their manifestos last week, says the level of funding increases would leave them struggling to pay existing staff costs, let alone the bill for massive planned increases in doctors, nurses and other staff in the long-term workforce plan agreed last year.

The Nuffield Trust said that “the manifestos imply increases [in annual funding for the NHS] between 2024-25 and 2028-29 of 1.5% each year for the Liberal Democrats, 0.9% for the Conservatives and 1.1% for Labour.

“Both Conservative and Labour proposals would represent a lower level of funding increase than the period of ‘austerity’ between 2010-11 and 2014-15.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/15/labour-and-tories-would-both-leave-nhs-worse-off-than-under-austerity-says-thinktank

#GeneralElection #SaveOurNHS #PeopleNotProfits #Healthcare #Tory #Labour

mlansbury@despora.de

Stop wasting money on private agencies and fund the #NHS

STOP spending huge amounts of our taxpayer money on private agencies and give it to the NHS instead!

Why is this important?

Private agencies, like the Foundation Group, are routinely charging hospitals nearly £2,000 per shift for specialist nurses.

Last year alone the NHS spent a staggering £10 billion on agency staff. Privatisation doesn’t work and takes away valuable staff, money and resources from the NHS at a time when it needs it most.

That’s why NHS England has come up with a comprehensive plan that would give the NHS enough permanent staff to meet the needs of patients for years to come and finally put an end to endless waiting lists.

Petition:
https://act.38degrees.org.uk/act/agencies-give-the-nhs-the-money-instead-petition?utm_source=diaspora

#NHS #SaveOurNHS #PublicOwnership #PeopleNotProfits #nurses #funding #petition

mlansbury@despora.de

Senior Maryland Pilot Warned Officials of Risk of Bridge Strike

A senior Maryland pilot raised concerns about the risk of an #collision between a big ship and the Francis Scott Key #Bridge at least as early as 2006, and continued to discuss the matter in local safety meetings for years, according to detailed records uncovered by the Washington Post.

The documents also show that at the staff level, the #Maryland Transportation Authority was aware that their bridge was "not designed to withstand collisions from large vessels," and that the cost of protecting it would be high.

https://maritime-executive.com/article/senior-maryland-pilot-warned-officials-of-risk-of-bridge-strike-for-years

#PeopleNotProfits #Safety #shipping #maritime #FrancisScott #neglect

mlansbury@despora.de

Hospital admissions for waterborne diseases in England up 60%, report shows

The analysis follows widespread anger after record sewage spills were revealed this week. Environment Agency data showed that raw #sewage was discharged for more than 3.6m hours into rivers and seas last year – a 129% increase on the previous 12 months.

Increased raw sewage in rivers means there is a higher risk of infections, campaigners argue, as people are more likely to come into contact with the #bacteria in human waste.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/29/hospital-admissions-for-waterborne-diseases-in-england-up-60-report-shows

#PeopleNotProfits #ToryCorruption #water #ToryCronyism #ToryScum #ToryFascism

mlansbury@despora.de

New Oxford University analysis has debunked #NHS privatisation

Oxford researchers looked at studies of healthcare #privatisation and found they agreed on one thing: privatisation leads to poorer quality care for patients.

Every month, private hospitals send 550 of their patients to the NHS because of an emergency they had while in the private hospital?

What’s more, in the last four years, 791 NHS patients who were transferred to be treated in private hospitals have sued for #medical #negligence - AND WON.

The evidence is crystal clear. Privatisation works for shareholders, not patients.

https://invidious.perennialte.ch/watch?v=sA1GK65J1x8

#SaveOurNHS #WeOwnIt #healthcare #OurNHS #PrivatisationFails #PeopleNotProfits #CorporateTerrorism #video #research #hospital

mlansbury@despora.de

Pledge for the NHS

The NHS has just lived through the worst 14 years of underfunding, understaffing and outsourcing in its history.

YOU hold the power in your hands to save our NHS this general election. We do this by coming together and demanding all candidates commit to stand up for our NHS if elected. As individuals, they can ignore us. But together, they will be forced to listen to us.

Take just 2 minutes to send our letter to your local candidates now.

https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/pledge-for-the-nhs

#NHS #SaveOurNHS #GeneralElection #ToriesOut #ToryDictatorship #PeopleNotProfits #OurNHS

mlansbury@despora.de

Save NHS dentistry and make it fit for the 21st century

I’m Tom Thayer, a hospital consultant. I treat patients left with horrifying mouth injuries after trying to pull out their own teeth out.
Everyone who needs an NHS dentist should be able to get an appointment.

But overstretched and underfunded, there are now fewer and fewer #NHS #dentists available. A recent survey found nine out of ten practices are no longer taking on new NHS patients

Petition:
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/save-nhs-dentistry-2

#CutsKill #ToryDictatorship #dentists #ToryScum #profiteering #PeopleNotProfits #ToriesOut

mlansbury@despora.de

UK: Crumbling schools plagued by leaks and cold, BBC finds

Schools in urgent need of repair have told Panorama they are struggling to keep children warm in buildings that are "not fit for purpose".

At one primary in Devon, temperatures are so low that children keep gloves and coats on during some lessons.

The head teacher says despite parts of the school being seemingly impossible to heat, he has been told it does not qualify for extra money for repairs.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68021766

#ToryDictatorship #Tory #Tories #UK #schools #cold #warm #PeopleNotProfits #wealthy #ToriesOut #HumanRights

mlansbury@despora.de

UK records 4,950 excess winter deaths amid cost of living crisis

New official data shows that a significant amount of people lost their lives last winter - and it seems as is a lack of governmental legislation and poor insulation could be to blame.

Stark new figures estimate that some 4,950 excess winter deaths last year in the UK were down to people living in cold and damp homes.

New official data from the End Fuel Poverty Coalition says those figures were recorded during winter 2022/23.

The Warm This Winter study also found that, when the average winter temperature in the UK drops below four degrees centigrade, the level of excess winter deaths sky-rockets.

https://www.euronews.com/2024/01/19/uk-records-4950-excess-winter-deaths-amid-cost-of-living-crisis

#UK #deaths #winter #freezing #CorporateTerrorism #ToryFascists #heating #PeopleNotProfits #energy #EnergyPrices #ToryScum #UnitedKingdom

mlansbury@despora.de

NHS medicines shortage putting lives at risk, pharmacists warn

Brexit benefits

An unprecedented medicines shortage in the NHS is endangering lives, pharmacists have said, as unpublished figures reveal that the number of products in short supply has doubled in two years.

Causes of the crisis are thought to include the plummeting purchasing value of the pound since the Brexit referendum

Breast Cancer Now, said her organisation had been contacted over the past 12 months by several patients unable to source the medicines they needed to control the spread of their disease.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/14/nhs-medicines-shortage-putting-lives-at-risk-pharmacists-warn

#ToryLies #ToryScum #Brexit #BrexitBenefits #RejoinEU #NHS #SaveOurNHS #pharmacists #medication #ToryCorruption #Privatisation #PrivatisationFail #PeopleNotProfits

mlansbury@despora.de

Victoria Atkins: Reinstate our NHS as a fully public service

Dear Rt. Hon. Victoria Atkins,

As you begin your time as Health Secretary, we ask you to fix the NHS crisis by reinstating our NHS as a fully public service and ending NHS privatisation now!

See full letter and add your name to it:

https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/victoria-atkins-reinstate-our-nhs-fully-public-service

#WeOwnIt #NHS #OurNHS #SaveOurNHS #privatisation #ToryCronies #PrivatisationFails #ToryDictatorship #PeopleNotProfits #ToryFascists #Healthcare #Health #Medical

mlansbury@despora.de

Barclays cut my expat mother off from vital care home funds

Another Brexit Failure ...

#Barclays has form when it comes to cutting elderly widows off from their money. The reasons for the closures differ, but the underlying incompetence and insouciance are disturbingly similar.

Your mother fell victim to EU rules which, post-Brexit, require UK banks to apply for separate licences to serve customers in each EU country.

To save themselves the hassle and cost, many banks simply closed expats’ accounts. Barclays shut the last of its in December.

There is a set process for claiming the balance from a defunct account, but a succession of errors stymied your efforts. First you were told that the account was dormant, rather than closed. This meant you were directed to follow the wrong process, which got you nowhere.

Next, branch staff failed to acknowledge your LPA documents, which meant your mother was put through the stress of signing a letter of authority.

Barclays only admitted these blunders after I got in touch and it took a media prod to get it to release the funds

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/jul/19/barclays-cut-my-expat-mother-off-from-vital-care-home-funds

#Brexit #BrexitFailure #BrexitIsNotWorking #CorporateTerrorism #banks #banking #BrexitLies #bullying #EconomicTerrorism #ToryLies #PeopleNotProfits #CapitalismFail #ToryScum #RejoinEU #ToriesOut