The DUP have outlined their policy on health which reflects a confused and doctrinal approach. On the one hand they want to merge the Public Health Ageny with the Health and Social Care Board while at the same time increase spending on health promotion. The fact that they seem to completely misunderstand the role of the PHA and the need for it show that their hatred of anything established by McGimpsey is all that drives them.
They also lack the courage to tell the community that their long term objective is to privatise social care. Savings in this sector will be gained by reducing salaries to minimum wage. No doubt the very well paid Chief Executives in the private social care sector who have the ears of the DUP will be suitably rewarded for increasing business while staff transfered from the NHS will have their wages halved within three years.
