Stafford Hospital, Council Tax

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nige

A few posts under my belt
ok, so why should we pay all of our Council Tax which supports Stafford Hospital if we are not getting the full service. A&E closed? whats your view!
I think we should all right to SBC and ask what percentage of our council tax bill supports the hospital, and ask for them to deduct a portion as we are not getting a full service, they are quite happy to take the money from us?
 
Gramaisc

Gramaisc

Forum O. G.
I see where you're coming from, but I don't think that Council Tax is involved in funding the NHS - its money comes from the central exchequer, via national taxation, I believe..

I could be wrong.
 
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nige

A few posts under my belt
You maybe right, and I have made an error on who to write to, but I think we should do something
 
Withnail

Withnail

Well-Known Forumite
I'm afraid it is our dear friend Mr. (c)Hunt you must address your pleas to.

Good luck with that.
 
Arcadesteve

Arcadesteve

Active Member
Where do you have to go if you do need A+E? Also..


nige said:
ok, so why should we pay all of our Council Tax which supports Stafford Hospital if we are not getting the full service. A&E closed? whats your view!
I think we should all right to SBC and ask what percentage of our council tax bill supports the hospital, and ask for them to deduct a portion as we are not getting a full service, they are quite happy to take the money from us?
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This mentality doesn't work for me. It's been a few weeks since i've seen a police officer in my area, i've never called out the fire and rescue service, it's been about a year since i required a doctors or dentist apointment. Using this mentality i'm owed quite alot of money from The Man.
 
Withnail

Withnail

Well-Known Forumite
Arcadesteve said:
Using this mentality i'm owed quite alot of money from The Man.
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That is, indeed, one way of looking at it.

There are, though i can't for the life of me remember where, certain marks on some buildings in the town that, in essence, say "I am a building that is insured against fire with X company". When this was the way things were done,Y company rocked up and saw the building was not 'fire insured' with them, having received duff info, sat back to see how long it took X company to come and douse the (what the?) blazes, then bragged retrospectively to the burnt-to-the-ground premises that, had they been with 'CnutCo' they would have been all right.

We tend to forget that the response to this kind of nonsense was to pool all resources available to alleviate the kind of nonsenses that had preceded it. First responder makes, does it not, a good deal of sense.

Or perhaps you would prefer to invest in your own 'Fire Insurance' - and hope your CrewCo gets there first?

But FIRE! is different though, isn't it?
 
Arcadesteve

Arcadesteve

Active Member
Thats why this mentality doesn't work for me. We all pay into the pot for greater good, or so i would like to believe. So when people talk of refunds because they haven't used a particular service i like to point out how this argument collapses when you actually look at how much you don't use. And the truth is there are lots of services we take for granted that make up for the ones your not using, which are often provided at a loss or breaking even.
 
tek-monkey

tek-monkey

wanna see my snake?
I take very little compared to what I put in, but my nan was up until very recently in a care home and before that in sheltered accomodation so it all balances out really.
 
NJB81

NJB81

A few posts under my belt
My trips to A&E have in the past been evening/early hours and I now dred having to go anywhere else if I need to....and i seem to be a walking accident/illness as it were. Bring back our A&E at night!
If we did pay Council Tax for the Hospital I'd def have had my use of it!
 
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Gareth

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Bin Collection
Roads
fly tipping
police/ fire
schools
social care
special needs
leisure
housing
street cleaning
recycling
crems
care homes
libraries
business
support servcies and programmes
registrars
transport
highways/ gritting
children's centres

plus the 100s of little items you wouldn't have a clue over or care

Just a couple of the random items off the top of my head that council tax and general tax goes too locally. Agree with Arcadesteve never get it when people make such comments. Open your eyes that is what I say.

Remember that programme a couple of years back where members of the public where given a budget and told run council services. Clueless, spent it all on bin collections or something and were shocked what they had to take into considertation and blew the lot and brokedown.
 
Jonah

Jonah

Spouting nonsense since the day I learned to talk
Gareth said:
Remember that programme a couple of years back where members of the public where given a budget and told run council services. Clueless, spent it all on bin collections or something and were shocked what they had to take into considertation and blew the lot and brokedown.
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Yeah I watched that episode of The Simpsons when Homer was elected as Chief of Environmental Services in Springfield :master:
 
arthur

arthur

Nixon Garden Neatness
I think that your council tax bill used to have a leaflet in it telling you what your council tax pays for, I want my money back it any of it was sent to Stafford hospital I hate loathe and detest Stafford hospital and think that it should be flattened. If you’re in an ambulance with blue flashing lights and your asked where you want to go if your conscious say city hospital Newcastle, the staff and medical treatment are excellent
 
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