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Political will isn't enough. The NHS needs tens of billions to backpeddle years of decline, to re-in-house services and surge-hire staff where they're need with
by oliwarner 8y ago
Political will isn't enough. The NHS needs tens of billions to backpeddle years of decline, to re-in-house services and surge-hire staff where they're need with appropriate incentives.
Doing that in a climate of contracting economical growth and leaving the EU (where 40% of our nurses come from) makes this impossible without politically suicidal borrowing.
- toomuchtodo 8y agoRaising taxes on vacant real estate owned by non-residents/non-citizens is one option to raise revenue. Russian and Chinese nationals who are using vacant, valuable UK real estate as an asset store don't vote. We can’t argue the money doesn’t exist. It exists. You just need a majority of people to decide that efficient healthcare is worth paying for.
- oliwarner 8y agoYou're preaching to the choir. I'm not saying it's impossible, just that wanting to do this stuff isn't enough. Case in point, current opposition leadership would do all this in a heartbeat but between center-leaning members and a very Conservative press, they'll always be portrayed as Nazi-sympathising Communists. Brexit hasn't helped this either.