http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/apr/11/nhs-cuts-first-areas
OK guys, this is a couple of weeks old but I found this article and this is a serious scandal. This article is a list of areas that were previously covered by the NHS but under the new government, risk huge financial cuts. I really don't want this blog to become a political soap box but this is ridiculous.
From a selfish point of view, yes the cuts include IVF, but maternity services, cataract removal and mental healthcare all being treated as some kind of elective and unimportant luxury.....come on! I am sure that we are all very glad that our mothers decided to 'elect' to give birth to us and that we arrived safely! As somebody who witnessed her own mum almost die in childbirth, these cuts would return the UK to a kind of Victorian almost Darwinian environment where only the fittest survive! Over the next few days I will find links to government petitions in order to stop these savage cuts that will put millions of lives at risk.
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