Scotland

Yes and no. If they have attempted contacting the health secretary, NHS bosses, etc and tried to change specifics already and that's failed and then they've gone to press to state this is what's been tried, it will help x, y, and z, the NHS is resistant to these changes because of a,b, and c then fair enough.

But that's not what this article is. This article is political propaganda in disguise with no specifics. No specific complaints and no specific solutions. Just a general "NHS bad, we need to hold a meeting to fix it."

They attack the NHS but give no details in their attacks, they at no point state what they've attempted already to change the NHS, and then give no real solution to their non-specific problems.

The more I think about the article the more I'm convinced this is privatisation propaganda. Especially because they specifically ask for nonpolitical affiliation, and for some reason socialist policy is seen as a political stance but capitalist policy is seen as the norm and apolitical in public perception. They want business people to decide the future of our health service instead of socialists. Both are political positions, but only one tends to have you registered to a political party.

The NHS is a huge entity which covers many things in many different ways with many very clever people trying to make sure it runs well. But somehow this author has figured out how to fix the whole thing in one fell swoop? Shite.

Whilst writing this I went back to the article and saw this:

Professor Alan McNeill FRCS(Urol), FRCP(Ed), FFSTEd was a Consultant at NHS Lothian University Hospitals. This article draws on his contribution to the Wealthy Nation, Healthy Nation collection of essays published by the Centre for Policy Studies

Looking up the Centre for Policy Studies:

The Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) is a centre-right think tank and advocacy group in the United Kingdom.[1] Its goal is to promote coherent and practical policies based on its founding principles of: free markets, "small state," low tax, national independence, self determination and responsibility.[2] While being independent, the centre has historical links to the Conservative Party.[3]

Founders: Margaret Thatcher
Funding: undisclosed

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_for_Policy_Studies

Tells us all we need to know. Tories stirring up shit to sell off and buy up the NHS.