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This is why the NHS is permanently underfunded... because it is always called on to do additional things but it can never ditch any existing obligations. Any se
by goatinaboat 7y ago
This is why the NHS is permanently underfunded... because it is always called on to do additional things but it can never ditch any existing obligations. Any serious discussion of funding must start with stopping taking on more until the existing functions are budgeted for, then we can talk about extras.
Tobacco was taxed to cover the cost of healthcare associated with it, so games and social media should be taxed the same way.
- vertex-four 7y agoIn this case, these kids were likely seeing psychs anyway - maybe even the same psychs. Setting up a clinic basically amounts to setting aside an amount of time in the month for a doctor to take existing caseload on from the existing system and hiring a receptionist. The problem is that highly specialised clinics breed power imbalances - you don’t usually have another option for where to go because other doctors refuse to touch the subject matter now that there’s a specialised clinic for it, so getting treatment involves conforming to whatever the clinic doctor demands of you, no matter how undignified or inhumane.