Tens of thousands of jobs would be lost because layers of bureaucracy would be abolished.
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In a document, or white paper, outlining the plan, the government admitted that the changes would “cause significant disruption and loss of jobs.” But it said: “The current architecture of the health system has developed piecemeal, involves duplication and is unwieldy. Liberating the N.H.S., and putting power in the hands of patients and clinicians, means we will be able to effect a radical simplification, and remove layers of management.”
How is that supposed to improve things, with the cost of the unemployed from it? From what I understand, it's a damned good medical system over there as-is; it's one I'd love to see happen here.