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Tories roasted after pledging just 900 new NHS beds after cutting 12,000 since 2010
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Sorry, what's your source for that? ONS says we're pretty on par with our peer countries, whilst King's Fund says we spend a fair chunk less than peer countries.
I agree with the rest of your sentiment. We need political reform to decrease opportunity for cronyism, with tighter controls that don't rely on a concept of honour.
There is an argument to be had about increasing efficiency of the NHS healthcare system - but a big part of that efficiency might come from investment in it, both in a resource sense (more infrastructure, more equipment) and a staffing sense (higher pay = retain better talent).
My apologies, I will edit after posting this.
That should have been more than most per capita. The Uk is currently 17th on the list per capita on the OECD and 11th on the WHO list. This is also not inflation adjusted. For what we pay our return stats are atrocious.
The Labour strategy is that we will need to lean into private health due to pressing need in the service versus our lack of infrastructure. To me this is a no brainer, but we need to remove the leeches that have latched onto the NHS. Part of that has to be reform on donations to political parties. There will be an expense to rebuilding the health system. Unless we can guarantee that it will not be sold off in future governments, that would be a totally pointless exercise. The stable door needs bolting before we put another horse in it. I am very much in favour of the NHS and its continuity. I am not in favour of lining the pockets of the Eton boys club.
We definitely need more staff training for the NHS. I firmly believe education should be free access for all citizens of the UK. If there are key roles where we need those people to work within the UK, then we must have a contract of promised time to be served with a monetary penalty in place for failing to do just that. I don't think it is unreasonable for a doctor to promise to work in the UK for 10 years after being certified. If they are not happy with that then by all means pay for your own education. Education certification should never be for just those who can afford it.