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I think what they said was "we can't actually commit to this because we're not the government". Given the sum isn't actually massive and NHS spending is likely
by PJDK 10y ago
I think what they said was "we can't actually commit to this because we're not the government". Given the sum isn't actually massive and NHS spending is likely to increase anyhow it may very well turn out to have happened anyway a year or two after Brexit.
- DanBC 10y agoNHS spending has decreased, and it's likely to keep decreasing. That's what sustainability and transformation plans are - cuts to provision of service. In recent years we've seen a reduction of 1 in 16 acute beds, and 1 in 5 MH beds. This would be ok if we'd seen an increase in funding for community services or for care services, but they've been cut too.
- PJDK 10y agoSorry but that's just not true. https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/projects/nhs-in-a-nutshell/nhs-budget https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/projects/nhs-in-a-nutshell/nhs-... The specific cuts you mention may have happened, but money going in in real terms has increased. How much is the "right" amount to spend on health care is probably for a different thread.
- DanBC 10y agoYour are spreading a lie. The money in "real terms" might have increased, (by, as your link say, "equivalent to an average annual increase of just 0.9 per cent") but you've failed to account for increased use -- larger population, older population, iller population.
- DanBC 10y agoHere's an update, now even the government have accepted that they're cutting funding in real terms. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nhs-cuts-spending-policies-theresa-may-jeremy-hunt-tories-labour-lib-dems-a7549686.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nhs-cuts-spend...