{"id":121096,"date":"2023-11-07T20:59:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T20:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=121096"},"modified":"2023-11-07T20:59:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T20:59:33","slug":"david-davis-stuns-commons-with-calls-for-blanket-testing-to-save-nhs-3bn-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/politics\/david-davis-stuns-commons-with-calls-for-blanket-testing-to-save-nhs-3bn-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"David Davis stuns Commons with calls for blanket testing to save NHS \u00a33bn a year"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Davis calls for mass medical testing to save lives<\/h3>\n

Former Brexit Secretary David Davis stunned the Commons chamber with a radical new plan to save thousands of lives and save the NHS billions.<\/p>\n

Mr Davis called for mass medical testing across the whole UK population by private companies which he believes will alert the NHS to potential health risks for individuals and allow for lifestyle changes and treatment before problems become serious.<\/p>\n

Responding to the King’s speech in the Commons, he told MPs that the NHS was one of the threee big challenges along with housing facing the country and reaching crisis point.<\/p>\n

He said (video above): “I bring it back to the reality of individuals. If we delay diagnosis, we delay treatment \u2013 we sentence people to death. It\u2019s as harsh as that.<\/p>\n

“So one of the things I would like to see us do is to dramatically increase the amount of diagnostic capacity we have.”<\/p>\n

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He warned that current prejudices against using private health companies was holding Britain back and if the NHS was to be rescued then the testing capacity would need to come from the private sector.<\/p>\n

Mr Davis went on: “It is a waste of money not to do the diagnosis. I\u2019m talking about MRI scans and CT scans and blood tests and all the other things that help get ahead of the disease.<\/p>\n

“And I talked to Randox, one of the diagnostic companies \u2013 and I think its based in Northern Ireland. I asked about this and they have technology that will they say reduce a seven day analysis, of blood samples for example, to 30 minutes.<\/p>\n

“My view is that actually we should break clear of the ideology. We should look to increase dramatically the amount of scans and diagnostic procedures we can create. And when I say dramatically, I mean a multiple of what we currently do and we should use the private sector to do it.<\/p>\n

“I know it causes a bridling and a backing off but I think the only way we can do it fast enough is to do that. And that will save I think about \u00a33 billion, get the waiting lists down by millions of people but most importantly of all it will save thousands of lives.”<\/p>\n

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