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In the case of the UK and NHS, under/overfunding doesn't quite capture the whole issue. The nature of spending matters, too. More spending on capital and manage
by truculent 4y ago
In the case of the UK and NHS, under/overfunding doesn't quite capture the whole issue. The nature of spending matters, too. More spending on capital and managerial expertise could help improve things, but has largely been neglected due to political concerns regarding efficiency (or, perhaps, perceived efficiency).
- smcl 4y agoThe NHS is also suffering as a result of other departments' cutbacks: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/13/hospital-beds-england-occupied-patients-fit-discharge https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/13/hospital-bed... The tl;dr here is that there's a striking number of patients in hospitals (up to 30% in some areas) which are ready to be discharged from hospital, but cannot yet be discharged since they're waiting for the availability of social services that aren't handled by the NHS. I've mentioned it in all my comments here but this is the cost of austerity, and it's making healthcare not just worse but more expensive.