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On Sunday 20 October, the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg interviewed health secretary Wes Streeting. To many, it was a textbook example of 'BBC bias' in which Kuenssberg asked Streeting the hard questions she never asked the Tories: Sunday morning Wes Streeting trying to provide updates on progress and plans for Healthcare Laura Kuenssberg demanding to know why they haven't fixed 14 years of NHS mismanagement and decline in 3 months Usual bollocks #bbclaurak#BBCBreakfast — Adrian Gosling (@digitalsunshine) October 20, 2024 We've reported on BBC bias more than most, and we agree that Kuenssberg treats Labour Party politicians very differently than Tory ones. However, the key bias isn't her preference for one party over the other; it's the normalisation of some ideas in tandem with the wilful exclusion of others: There is an unanswered question that maybe someday a journalist will ask Streeting: "Why not just put the money you are giving to the private sector into expanding NHS services?" Cheaper Safer More effective Why? — Dr Dan Goyal (@danielgoyal) October 20, 2024 "Cheaper.
Safer. More effective" Bylines Scotland describes Goyal as follows: Dr Daniel Goyal works as medical consultant in the NHS. He is also a senior lecturer and researcher in health systems at the University of Gibraltar, and a health equality activist.
He's a host of The Debrief, which is a "podcast for frontline healthcare workers". In an article published by Bylines Scotland on 18 October titled "Labour's vision for the NHS is getting grim", Goyal wrote: It's odd. I mean it really does stand out.
On the one hand, we have a Labour Government that seems to understand – in broad terms – the major issues at the heart of the NHS crisis. Indeed, its own commissioned report highlighted quite clearly that the NHS is too small and is grossly under-resourced. Despite this, Labour continues to focus on "reform" and on pushing more NHS resources into the private sector.
Explaining his issues with this...
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