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demonrail666 · 01.23.2009, 10:07 AM

In principle, healthcare should be recession proof. The problem is the way organisations are governed. They need to be seen to be cutting costs (usually by reducing their wage bills) in order for them to look efficient in the eyes of those bodies funding them.

Saying that, in the UK at least, the sight of nurses (and maybe primary school teachers) being laid off in order to save money would cause a massive national outcry to the extent that they are probably the only body that will remain untouched by any upcoming recession.

EDIT: I emphasise this as being the case in the UK rather than, say, the US, simply because of our nationalised health and school system.

01.23.2009, 10:07 AM	#6
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	In principle, healthcare should be recession proof. The problem is the way organisations are governed. They need to be seen to be cutting costs (usually by reducing their wage bills) in order for them to look efficient in the eyes of those bodies funding them. Saying that, in the UK at least, the sight of nurses (and maybe primary school teachers) being laid off in order to save money would cause a massive national outcry to the extent that they are probably the only body that will remain untouched by any upcoming recession. EDIT: I emphasise this as being the case in the UK rather than, say, the US, simply because of our nationalised health and school system.
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