Re:Stephen Hawking: I'm Worried about the Future of the NHS
by new299 on Friday August 18, 2017 @08:53PM
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I don't get it, looking at these per-capita numbers:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_hea...
The NHS spending levels look pretty reasonable, and have been rising. What's missing here? Is there a better resource for per-capita spending?
Re:Stephen Hawking: I'm Worried about the Future of the NHS
by andy_ppp on Friday August 18, 2017 @09:48PM
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“Total expenditure includes both public and private expenditures.” So those statistics are meaningless in this context right?
Re:Stephen Hawking: I'm Worried about the Future of the NHS
by new299 on Friday August 18, 2017 @10:37PM
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Do you have a better reference for per-capita numbers?
Private healthcare spending in the UK is a fraction of public spending (because even if you have private insurance in the UK, most healthcare is still provided publicly (you still go to public-funded GP/emergency and only go private if referred)).
In addition to this, it's a relatively fixed fraction (~20%):
https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/chart/uk-spending-on-public...
https://fullfact.org/health/spending-english-nhs/
£30bn shortfall by 2020 and the NHS is being asked to save £22bn which seems impossible.
You can add vanity projects that aren’t supported by data to this list; “7 day NHS” it’s a complete myth more people die on a weekend, defunding Public sector pay, not paying student nurses anymore even though a large part of what they do is learned while working. Then add in the EU migrants leaving at an alarming rate...