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Re:Saying Thank You to the NHS, Using Clojure by switch007 on Monday May 04, 2020 @02:10PM (#23071325)
IMHO focussing on the NHS budget seems myopic. I haven't got the faintest clue about public health spending but there are so many things you can question like

- What is medical inflation compared to overall inflation?

- What do other countries spend?

- Are we getting value for money?

- Are key statistics getting worse despite increase budgets?

- How does population factor in to spending?

etc

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Re:Saying Thank You to the NHS, Using Clojure by iso1631 on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @07:05AM (#23078677)
> - What is medical inflation compared to overall inflation?

In the G7, per year

  1970-1980 13%
  1980-1990 8%
  1990-2000 5%
  2000-2010 6%
  2010-2018 4%
> What do other countries spend?

Far more than the UK

> - Are we getting value for money?

A notoriously difficult question with healthcare

> - Are key statistics getting worse despite increase budgets?

That depends on how you define the statistics, which is massively subjective

> - How does population factor in to spending?

Older populations lead to more health spending

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Re:Saying Thank You to the NHS, Using Clojure by monoclechris on Monday May 04, 2020 @02:25PM (#23071484)
I am focusing the discussion on reality and facts. Everyone else can speculate as much as they want.
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Re:Saying Thank You to the NHS, Using Clojure by twic on Monday May 04, 2020 @02:36PM (#23071621)
Fact, singular. Taken in isolation from a context which could give it quite different meaning.
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Re:Saying Thank You to the NHS, Using Clojure by monoclechris on Monday May 04, 2020 @02:42PM (#23071702)
If someone makes a false statement, it is not unreasonable to dispute that claim.
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Re:Saying Thank You to the NHS, Using Clojure by iso1631 on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @07:06AM (#23078680)
You are the only one making a false statement
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