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>We have to invest more in identifying and tackling disease earlier if we want to “stop the hospitals from falling over and the GPs from being overwhelmed,” he

>We have to invest more in identifying and tackling disease earlier if we want to “stop the hospitals from falling over and the GPs from being overwhelmed,” he said. Demographics and shrinking labor forces alone will bring the system to its knees regardless of money. It's absolutely baffling in the face of this trend that preventative, systemic policies are practically never discussed and everything centers around individual care. Countries like Singapore show how you can tackle this, strong interventions to prevent entire populations from being obese, a regulated medical sector to bring costs down and private savings funds to encourage personal responsibilty.

themitigating 3y ago
It's diffcult to do this in countries where one or more political parties use "personal freedom" as a theme. The UK does have a sugar tax that was implemented 5 years ago that seems to have some good effects https://www.wcrf.org/looking-back-at-5-years-of-the-uk-soft-drinks-industry-levy/ https://www.wcrf.org/looking-back-at-5-years-of-the-uk-soft-... The problem is any regulation is an opportunity for those who don't like the government to attack the other side.
confidantlake 3y ago
If we invested more money I think the problem would get fixed. You need to be smart but you don't need to be a genius for most specialties. Some of those people that flood into big tech could instead go into becoming a doctor if the money and working conditions were there.
chaostheory 3y ago
> It's absolutely baffling in the face of this trend that preventative, systemic policies are practically never discussed and everything centers around individual care. I’m surprised that countries with socialized health care doesn’t already enforce preventive care. Yes, it’s draconian but otherwise the entire system will fall apart faster. Maybe they will with the advent of CBDCs?

themitigating 3y ago

It's diffcult to do this in countries where one or more political parties use "personal freedom" as a theme. The UK does have a sugar tax that was implemented 5 years ago that seems to have some good effects https://www.wcrf.org/looking-back-at-5-years-of-the-uk-soft-drinks-industry-levy/ https://www.wcrf.org/looking-back-at-5-years-of-the-uk-soft-... The problem is any regulation is an opportunity for those who don't like the government to attack the other side.

confidantlake 3y ago

If we invested more money I think the problem would get fixed. You need to be smart but you don't need to be a genius for most specialties. Some of those people that flood into big tech could instead go into becoming a doctor if the money and working conditions were there.

chaostheory 3y ago

> It's absolutely baffling in the face of this trend that preventative, systemic policies are practically never discussed and everything centers around individual care. I’m surprised that countries with socialized health care doesn’t already enforce preventive care. Yes, it’s draconian but otherwise the entire system will fall apart faster. Maybe they will with the advent of CBDCs?