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# TITLE: Should we allow private healthcare to flourish in the UK? [e7c589dd1f7b063e3296be581d445a8d]
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# PUBLICATION DATE: 2025-10-12
# MODIFICATION DATE: 2025-10-12
# NUMBER ALTERNATIVES: 4
# NUMBER VOTERS: 5
# NUMBER UNIQUE ORDERS: 4
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 1: Statement 1 - We should not allow private healthcare to flourish in the UK as the NHS was founded on the principle that healthcare should be free at the point of contact for every person regardless of their social status or their wealth. This means that any person in society can access good quality healthcare for their needs whether that be a serious health issue or a minor health issue.   If private healthcare is allowed to flourish we would be on a slippery slope to the NHS becoming privatised and limiting the healthcare that the ordinary member of the public can access which will damage society more than it will help those with enough wealth to access a private service. People could ultimately be left destitute or in great amounts of debt. And so we hope that the government intervenes to avoid private healthcare to flourish in the UK and to keep the NHS healthy and up to date to be able to continue providing free health care to its people
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 2: Statement 2 - Private healthcare should be allowed to exist but not flourish. Private healthcare can provide certain comforts and faster healthcare to those that can afford it and will take some of the pressure away from the NHS by allowing private hospitals to take on some of the routine procedures. The NHS should remain as the norm and the highest standard of health care that is free at the point of contact for all. Everyone should be able to access good quality health care whether that be a serious health issue or a minor health issue.   A criticism of the above statement is that it didn't really express how the UK should go about allowing private healthcare to exist but not flourish. Conclusions Having tried out Jamboola, I believe that this is a good tool for consensus building. Through the tool one can put forward ones opinion and participate in the creation of a consensus statement.  Jamboola helps navigate through disagreements and conflicting opinions to reach a consensuse. People can post their opinion, agree or disagree with the critiques and comment.  A strength of this method is that it is easy to access and navigate. It is free to set up and easy to use. The participants are anonymous and one is free to express ones
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 3: Statement 3 - We should not allow private healthcare to flourish in the UK. The NHS was founded on the principle that healthcare should be free at the point of contact for every person regardless of their social status or their wealth. This means that any person in society can access good quality healthcare for their needs whether that be a serious health issue or a minor health issue.   If private healthcare is allowed to flourish we would be on a slippery slope to the NHS becoming privatised and limiting the healthcare that the ordinary member of the public can access which will damage society more than it will help those with enough wealth to access a private service. People could ultimately be left destitute or in great amounts of debt. The only exception to this is in times of crisis when the NHS is struggling and private healthcare can act as a lifeline.
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 4: Statement 4 - We should not allow private healthcare to flourish in the UK. The NHS was founded on the principle that healthcare should be free at the point of contact for every person regardless of their social status or their wealth. This means that any person in society can access good quality healthcare for their needs whether that be a serious health issue or a minor health issue.   If private healthcare is allowed to flourish we would be on a slippery slope to the NHS becoming privatised and limiting the healthcare that the ordinary member of the public can access which will damage society more than it will help those with enough wealth to access a private service. People could ultimately be left destitute or in great amounts of debt.
2: 1,4,3,2
1: 3,1,2,4
1: 3,4,1,2
1: 3,2,1,4