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UK doctors given bonuses for placing patients on ‘death lists’
General practitioners in England have been receiving £50 bonuses for placing patients on controversial ‘death lists’ in order to reduce the number of occupied hospital beds. The move is yet another tactic aimed at cutting NHS costs, UK media reported.
Each death which occurs outside an NHS hospital has been calculated to save the health system some £1,000 ($1,600) in England. On average, deaths...
UK watchdog to investigate ‘go home’ anti-illegal immigration campaign
The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority confirmed on Thursday that it would investigate the Home Office’s ‘Go Home’ van campaign targeted at illegal immigrants amid repeated complaints to the multicultural watchdog that it echoed “racist slogans”.
The regulator stated that some 60 complaints had been made about the “Go Home or Face Arrest” billboard campaign by illegals who...