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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2019 17:50:53 GMT
CUBA has been praised for its advances in child health, which a paper published this week in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) attributes partly to the socialist island’s empowerment of women along with other socioeconomic measures. The article highlighting the success of the country’s healthcare system, titled Cuba’s success in child health: what can one learn? appears in the latest issue of the authoritative medical journal. It points to World Health Organisation (WHO) figures showing a child mortality rate (U5M) of 5.5 per 1,000 lives, achieved despite an almost six-decade economic blockade. This rate is lower than the United States, which has a child mortality rate of 6.5. Cuba has the second-lowest child mortality rate in the Americas, just behind Canada. Free universal education means that the country has one of the world’s highest doctor-to-patient ratios and literacy stands at at 99.7 per cent, meaning that public health campaigns are able to reach the entire population. Primary healthcare is one of the major successes of the island’s health system with almost half of Cuban doctors working in such health facilities, according to the article’s authors, Cuban paediatrician Mauro Castello Gonzalez and Imti Choonara, emeritus professor at the University of Nottingham’s school of medicine. This brings healthcare to traditionally hard to- reach rural communities, with each team responsible for about 300 families. Cuba has also achieved a significant reduction in babies with a low birth weight (LBW). Just 5.5 per cent of babies are born with a weight of less than 2.5kg (5lb 8oz) compared with 8.3 per cent in the US, according to 2017 statistics. The article notes that the “empowerment of women in civil society has been a major achievement in Cuba” and contributes to children’s health. “First, all girls attend school. Women have the same rights as men in Cuban law and receive equal pay. Maternity leave is 12 months and the woman’s job is protected by law. “The majority of professionals in Cuba are women. Additionally, the majority of members of parliament in Cuba are women, with Cuba having the second-highest proportion of women in parliament worldwide. This representation in parliament is a reflection of the importance of gender equality in Cuba.” Severe malnutrition in children was declared absent in Cuba by Unicef over a decade ago and malnutrition is not considered a major problem there despite the blockade. The main lesson is what can be achieved by governments when healthcare is recognised as a priority, even with limited resources. Advances in children’s health can be achieved if there is the political will, the authors say. “Cuba is an example of what is possible,” they conclude. Communist twat! 😂😂😂😂 Carry on.... But mind you don't upset the elderly locals, with alternative views.😂😂😂😂 Thanks Jim, I never realised the British Medical Journal was so barkingly Trotsky-ite. I have a small amount of experience sub-contracting to the NHS. And there is one thing everybody in the same position agreed on - the NHS contracts always wanted something for nothing. And that is the problem with the NHS - successive governments have introduced privatisation by stealth in so-called cost-cutting exercises when in fact its more like divide and rule. If the porters had been paid a decent wage they wouldn't have gone on strike. The NHS works on a kind of blackmail system where everyone there agonises about industrial action for a long time before actually doing so, and even so essential services are most-often maintained. The reality is that the NHS does not receive enough funding, and no-one wants to pay for it. Government after government has failed to raise taxes to pay for it because of fears of angering the electorate, which in turn would result in a crimp on their own padded lives (with private healthcare plans). And to anyone who would make strikes at the NHS illegal: I hope you end up on a waiting list for an operation that keeps on getting cancelled for a problem that leaves you in considerable pain.
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Post by Jim on Nov 16, 2019 17:57:21 GMT
Communist twat! 😂😂😂😂 Carry on.... But mind you don't upset the elderly locals, with alternative views.😂😂😂😂 Thanks Jim, I never realised the British Medical Journal was so barkingly Trotsky-ite. I have a small amount of experience sub-contracting to the NHS. And there is one thing everybody in the same position agreed on - the NHS contracts always wanted something for nothing. And that is the problem with the NHS - successive governments have introduced privatisation by stealth in so-called cost-cutting exercises when in fact its more like divide and rule. If the porters had been paid a decent wage they wouldn't have gone on strike. The NHS works on a kind of blackmail system where everyone there agonises about industrial action for a long time before actually doing so, and even so essential services are most-often maintained. The reality is that the NHS does not receive enough funding, and no-one wants to pay for it. Government after government has failed to raise taxes to pay for it because of fears of angering the electorate, which in turn would result in a crimp on their own padded lives (with private healthcare plans). And to anyone who would make strikes at the NHS illegal: I hope you end up on a waiting list for an operation that keeps on getting cancelled for a problem that leaves you in considerable pain. Of course the cuts and sneak privatisation may have been aided and abetted by senior management, unless of course, they can tell us what action they took to combat the cuts and changes. We could be making unfair assumptions. Balantis might be an infection of choice. Sounds painful.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2019 17:58:22 GMT
Communist twat! 😂😂😂😂 Carry on.... But mind you don't upset the elderly locals, with alternative views.😂😂😂😂 And to anyone who would make strikes at the NHS illegal: I hope you end up on a waiting list for an operation that keeps on getting cancelled for a problem that leaves you in considerable pain. Well by making strikes in the NHS illeagal it would rather reduce the potential for that......so thats a rather silly comment.
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Post by Jim on Nov 16, 2019 18:01:46 GMT
And to anyone who would make strikes at the NHS illegal: I hope you end up on a waiting list for an operation that keeps on getting cancelled for a problem that leaves you in considerable pain. Well by making strikes in the NHS illeagal it would rather reduce the potential for that......so thats a rather silly comment. Illeagal? New NHS logo, a dying falcon? So what did you do in the time of the Great Cuts Daddy?
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Post by Mr Stabby on Nov 16, 2019 18:02:52 GMT
Communist twat! 😂😂😂😂 Carry on.... But mind you don't upset the elderly locals, with alternative views.😂😂😂😂 The reality is that the NHS does not receive enough funding You're having a laugh, aint'cha? The NHS and the care system in general is the most enormous money-pit imaginable. That we all pay for. My ex was a Staff Nurse who tried a spell in management- "Carpetland" it's called apparently. There were four top-of-the-range computers in her office, only one was ever even booted up. One day all four were replaced, at around a year old, with four brand new top-of-the-range computers. Being a bit new to it she asked why they had been given four new computers when they only ever used one, and her Line Manager said "If we don't use up our budget, they will cut it next year".
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2019 18:03:06 GMT
Well by making strikes in the NHS illeagal it would rather reduce the potential for that......so thats a rather silly comment. Illeagel? New NHS logo, a dying falcon? Fabulous, when you are losing an argument you resort to picking up on typos....... Dickhead.
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Post by ianali on Nov 16, 2019 18:04:04 GMT
Liberal.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2019 18:07:49 GMT
Well that's a new one !
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2019 18:08:13 GMT
Thanks Jim, I never realised the British Medical Journal was so barkingly Trotsky-ite. I have a small amount of experience sub-contracting to the NHS. And there is one thing everybody in the same position agreed on - the NHS contracts always wanted something for nothing. And that is the problem with the NHS - successive governments have introduced privatisation by stealth in so-called cost-cutting exercises when in fact its more like divide and rule. If the porters had been paid a decent wage they wouldn't have gone on strike. The NHS works on a kind of blackmail system where everyone there agonises about industrial action for a long time before actually doing so, and even so essential services are most-often maintained. The reality is that the NHS does not receive enough funding, and no-one wants to pay for it. Government after government has failed to raise taxes to pay for it because of fears of angering the electorate, which in turn would result in a crimp on their own padded lives (with private healthcare plans). And to anyone who would make strikes at the NHS illegal: I hope you end up on a waiting list for an operation that keeps on getting cancelled for a problem that leaves you in considerable pain. Of course the cuts and sneak privatisation may have been aided and abetted by senior management, unless of course, they can tell us what action they took to combat the cuts and changes. We could be making unfair assumptions. Balantis might be an infection of choice. Sounds painful. It wasnt the job of senior management to aid and abet cuts. It was however our job to work with the budgets we were allocated. Unlike corbyn NHS management dont have a magic money tree, they have to work with what they are allocated by central government.
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Post by Jim on Nov 16, 2019 18:08:35 GMT
Illeagel? New NHS logo, a dying falcon? Fabulous, when you are losing an argument you resort to picking up on typos....... Dickhead. ... and you ignore awkward questions, one added later as a reminder, I freely admit. I only pick on typos with comic intent, when the author should know better. Not when it's due to dyslexia.
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Post by Andyberg on Nov 16, 2019 18:10:28 GMT
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Post by Jim on Nov 16, 2019 18:10:46 GMT
Of course the cuts and sneak privatisation may have been aided and abetted by senior management, unless of course, they can tell us what action they took to combat the cuts and changes. We could be making unfair assumptions. Balantis might be an infection of choice. Sounds painful. It wasnt the job of senior management to aid and abet cuts. It was however our job to work with the budgets we were allocated. Unlike corbyn NHS management dont have a magic money tree, they have to work with what they are allocated by central government. Did you feed back the effects your actions would have or did you just implement them? Orders is orders!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2019 18:11:14 GMT
The reality is that the NHS does not receive enough funding You're having a laugh, aint'cha? The NHS and the care system in general is the most enormous money-pit imaginable. That we all pay for. My ex was a Staff Nurse who tried a spell in management- "Carpetland" it's called apparently. There were four top-of-the-range computers in her office, only one was ever even booted up. One day all four were replaced, at around a year old, with four brand new top-of-the-range computers. Being a bit new to it she asked why they had been given four new computers when they only ever used one, and her Line Manager said "If we don't use up our budget, they will cut it next year". I think I have said before this is unfortunately likely to be correct. The perverse way NHS finance used to work, and presumably still does meant that at the end of the financial year there was a scramble to spend up.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2019 18:13:57 GMT
Fabulous, when you are losing an argument you resort to picking up on typos....... Dickhead. ... and you ignore awkward questions, one added later as a reminder, I freely admit. I only pick on typos with comic intent, when the author should know better. Not when it's due to dyslexia. What exactly was awkward about the question? Yes I was a senior manager when I retired, so what?
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Post by Andyberg on Nov 16, 2019 18:14:12 GMT
You're having a laugh, aint'cha? The NHS and the care system in general is the most enormous money-pit imaginable. That we all pay for. My ex was a Staff Nurse who tried a spell in management- "Carpetland" it's called apparently. There were four top-of-the-range computers in her office, only one was ever even booted up. One day all four were replaced, at around a year old, with four brand new top-of-the-range computers. Being a bit new to it she asked why they had been given four new computers when they only ever used one, and her Line Manager said "If we don't use up our budget, they will cut it next year". I think I have said before this is unfortunately likely to be correct. The perverse way NHS finance used to work, and presumably still does meant that at the end of the financial year there was a scramble to spend up. My sister was an accountant for the NHS... I remember her saying exactly this!
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