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Visitors can find an answer for as little as £4.99 to questions such as: should I make a will?

A fiver to ask a question to which the answer is, almost without exception really, “Yes, of course you should”....

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In fact, why not see our free factsheet Making a will

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Paul_Treloar_AgeUK - 24 October 2017 09:48 AM

... why not see our free factsheet ...

You’re really disrupting the market now!

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shawn - 24 October 2017 10:02 AM

You’re really disrupting the market now!

Isn’t that what capitalists are meant to do?

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Gareth Morgan - 24 October 2017 10:49 AM
shawn - 24 October 2017 10:02 AM

You’re really disrupting the market now!

Isn’t that what capitalists are meant to do?

Aren’t markets the ideal way to regulate capitalists (and everyone and everthing else)?

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Another example of market disruption?

Untrained members of the public could be paid up to £1,000 a month for renting their spare rooms to patients recovering from surgery under an Airbnb-style model the NHS is piloting.

The scheme aims to offer an alternative to hospitals and care homes for patients who have had minor procedures, but it has come under fire from medical professionals and social workers.

A new startup company, CareRooms, is working with the NHS and councils in Essex to pilot the model and finalise how it will work.

The company, believed to be the first of its kind in the UK, said it would benefit patients by creating “a safe, comfortable place for people to recuperate from hospital”, and the NHS by helping alleviate bed shortages and delayed transfers of care.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/oct/25/nhs-to-pilot-airbnb-type-scheme-for-patients-recovering-from-surgery

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Gosh, I can’t think of any serious issues with that scheme at all.

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What about AircorrectUC where claimant selects their chosen supplier and DWP PAYS the provider to manage their UC claim / award?

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Peter Turville - 25 October 2017 04:25 PM

What about AircorrectUC where claimant selects their chosen supplier and DWP PAYS the provider to manage their UC claim / award?

They may not know it but that’s pretty much where we’re at.

Still getting my head around my HMRC data being hosted by Amazon!

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shawn - 25 October 2017 03:18 PM

Another example of market disruption?

Untrained members of the public could be paid up to £1,000 a month for renting their spare rooms to patients recovering from surgery under an Airbnb-style model the NHS is piloting.

The scheme aims to offer an alternative to hospitals and care homes for patients who have had minor procedures, but it has come under fire from medical professionals and social workers.

A new startup company, CareRooms, is working with the NHS and councils in Essex to pilot the model and finalise how it will work.

The company, believed to be the first of its kind in the UK, said it would benefit patients by creating “a safe, comfortable place for people to recuperate from hospital”, and the NHS by helping alleviate bed shortages and delayed transfers of care.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/oct/25/nhs-to-pilot-airbnb-type-scheme-for-patients-recovering-from-surgery


Apparently the idea has been shelved already… https://twitter.com/HSJnews/status/923535795801255936

[ Edited: 26 Oct 2017 at 04:32 pm by Daphne ]
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