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The problem is, as always, with allocation of resources. If you are running NHS budgets and these treatments cost £1M each(we don't know what price was agreed i
by gambiting 4y ago
The problem is, as always, with allocation of resources. If you are running NHS budgets and these treatments cost £1M each(we don't know what price was agreed in the end, but let's say it's £1M per treatment), that's £1.6 billion to treat 1600 kids. £1.6 billion is a lot of money that can save a lot of more than 1600 people if used for other therapies. It's a horrible choice to make of course, but it's the reality of it. Yes of course the government and the country has enough money to afford it - but NHS is given a fixed budget.
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- linuxftw 4y agoThat would imply that people are dying right now due to NHS rationing resources, which NHS will never admit to.
- gambiting 4y agoWell no, but it could be used to(for example) shorten the ambulance waiting time, and that alone would save more than 1600 people.
- linuxftw 4y agoIf people are dying because of ambulance waiting time, then it sounds like the care is being rationed to me.
- gambiting 4y agoNo, it would be rationed if you had 100 ambulances and only decided to use 50 for some reason - that's what rationing is. The service is currently at full capacity, but the capacity could always be increased.
- concordDance 4y agoI'm pretty sure this has been explicitly stated many many times. People are dying due to resource rationing and it occasionally makes the news. Healthcare is expensive and a large proportion of taxes go to it.
- kiba 4y agoThat assume the technology never gets cheaper over time. I would hope it gets better over time as we cure more and more rare diseases.
- ec109685 4y agoThe price is set to maximize profit. Given so few will benefit, they made the price high since demand is inelastic (up to a point).