New scanner "risks two-tier NHS": BBC 26/05/08

[kennythecelt]

BBC NEWS | Scotland | Edinburgh, East and Fife | New scanner 'risks two-tier NHS'

 

 

"Plans to bring one of the world's most advanced health scanners to Edinburgh risks creating a two-tier NHS, a senior health economist has warned.

The £4m equipment at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary will be helping to diagnose heart problems by the end of the year.

But it has been funded by the Royal Bank of Scotland, whose staff are being given special access to use it.

Professor Allyson Pollock of Edinburgh University said the move undermined the NHS principle of equal access for all.

Prof Pollock - head of the University's Centre for International Public Health Policy - called it "philanthropy with conditions". The scanner will be shared by NHS Lothian, Edinburgh University and the bank. "

 

Seems entirely wrong!!

[blue4ever]

SEEMS ENTIRELY WRONG MAYBE/MAYBE NOT

 

If this SCANNER saves 1 life it is money well spent:-)

 

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[davjoh]

How does it create a two-tier NHS?

 

With the scanner we have 75% of an extremely useful piece of kit at no cost to the taxpayer.

 

Without it we have 100% of zilch.

 

I'd rather the £4m was spent like this, than £4m of RBS's money spent on private scans benefiting their staff and nobody else.

[berrti]

Look at it this way. RBS have bought a scanner and are allowing free use of it to the NHS when it is not required by RBS staff. Looks a reasonable deal to me.

[crazyadi]

hmmm well if anyone is interested the running costs will be carried by the NHS regardless of which group of clients is using it. radiologists will be NHS, radiographer will be NHS etc etc......

its not a good idea and should never have been allowed.