The NHS was once said to care for us from "cradle to grave". Now, it appears, it is only from cradle to when it gets expensive or difficult.
Some state responsibilites are ripe for allocation to private bodies, after all, government departments are rarely seen to be dynamic or cutting -edge so a touch of commercial zip can much improve some sectors.
no problem with selling off the supply of gas and leccy but can a government REALLY relinquish responsibility for the care of the sick and elderly?
It was sold as a cash cow, we'll NEVER be short of the elderly, pack 'em in and reap the benefits.
THEN, once relatively efficient places were committed the powers-that-be, national and local, regulate it to death.
Licence for this, permission for that and the money just does no go as far.
Restrictions on the, once relatively generous, rewards squeeze profits and earning. Wages drop to the extent that marginal enterprises employ fewer and less committed, read cheaper, staff.
Some who started off as a dedicated care home owner would soon become bogged down and struggling to make ends meet.
Those being cared for soon became an Albatross around their neck. Standards drop and still the authorities demand ever increasing fees.
Look at private landlords and nursery providers, sucked-in and then walloped with blisteringly expensive regulations.
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