Maverick MP Rupert Lowe Has challenged the failing NHS and the cowardly politicians who are afraid of tackling the subject . Today in a Tweet on X Mr Lowe MP stated the following .
"Politicians are absolutely terrified of criticising the NHS. It’s pathetic, honestly. A slavish devotion to a health service, one which is spectacularly failing. 'Our' NHS, they all line up and chant. It’s only 'our' NHS in the sense we all pay for it, and we all get ripped off - together.
It’s a destructive system, but nobody is willing to say it. It simply does not work for the people paying the bills, to the point more and more don’t even bother trying. They go private, and continue to pump their tax into the endless firepit that is ‘our’ NHS.
We need a full royal commission to look at what systems work for countries similar to us, and how we can copy the best bits of those different systems. YES, that does mean the funding model may change and you can quote me on that.
If it results in a more efficient system, then GOOD. Let’s change it.
Look at what works around the world, and let’s steal the best ideas - the funding models, the tech systems, the incentives, the training. Let’s build something that actually works.
It’s always presented as the NHS or the American option. NOT TRUE.
People aren’t dying in the Sydney streets of appendicitis or limping around Paris with untreated broken legs. There are OTHER options. And actually, looking at patient outcomes - ones that work far better than our own.
Medical professionals within the health service do fantastic work within a failing system. But the structure around them needs to be torn down and rebuilt. There’s a reason thousands and thousands leave the NHS to work in a system that actually works. Perhaps we should start asking why?
Grown men and women in Parliament, from all parties, need to extract themselves from the NHS cult. All terrified about finding themselves on some flimsy campaign leaflet. ‘Privatisation’ is the kryptonite of common sense. WHO CARES. That cowardice led us to this point.
Labour, Tory, Reform - they’re all scared stiff of touching the NHS debate with a very long pole. Afraid of the outrage mob. I think it’s finally time for some honesty.
The NHS was a noble idea, that has long outlived its usefulness. If we were starting from scratch today, nobody, absolutely nobody, would design what we currently have.
We need a Royal Commission to explore the best way forward - independent of party politics.
It’s that, or the cult continues".
