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New Statutory body as an alternative to the NHS for mental health and hidden disability

IrishInManchesterUK

Now that advances in medical science has uncovered more people in modern times, children, adolescents and adults alike, including in the post-Covid era, with mental health and hidden disabilities including autism, is it not now time to set up a separate statutory body, properly funded and properly managed, entirely seperate from the NHS, dealing exclusively with all mental health and hidden disability issues? We all know the problems of the NHS that have been going on for decades and are well-documented, of mismanagement and wastage, so is it not time for a fresh start with a new body, alongside implementing reforms within the NHS?

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  • While relatively minor issues can be figured out, the reality at the end of the day is that the current crisis situation is totally unsustainable and further emphasises the need to “take the bull by the horns” in implementing innovative, fundamental, far-reaching and groundbreaking legislative changes where, yes, a revolution is exactly what is absolutely required, much needed and long overdue, where difficult decisions must be made, even if unpopular to some, driven by the kind of strong leadership that is exactly what is needed - while I acknowledge the comments made regarding various issues, the present situation must not be allowed to continue - my granny used to say that “there are limits to everything” and “what will a certain course of action lead to” and very often during my 30 years in supermarket retailing, our managers had to use their initiative in dealing with certain situations using common sense 

  • in reply to Phased

    Yet, the model for best practice re autism already exists in NHS Scotland and spearheaded by the Scottish government - we have to ask why is this support not pooled nationally, even online, even internally via the NHS own systems, to people in England and Wales, where most support in England and Wales is restricted to local catchment areas and where both the NHS and/or other state bodies will refuse to fund private support, where they happily support all other manner of outsourcing - even private support requires a GP referral 

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  • in reply to Phased

    Yet, the model for best practice re autism already exists in NHS Scotland and spearheaded by the Scottish government - we have to ask why is this support not pooled nationally, even online, even internally via the NHS own systems, to people in England and Wales, where most support in England and Wales is restricted to local catchment areas and where both the NHS and/or other state bodies will refuse to fund private support, where they happily support all other manner of outsourcing - even private support requires a GP referral 

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