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I imagine those are dependent on population pyramids not turning upside down. But they seem to be at least flattening, if not turning upside down in all develo

I imagine those are dependent on population pyramids not turning upside down. But they seem to be at least flattening, if not turning upside down in all developed countries, hence my prediction of why there would be a change. I keep reading about NHS in the UK having issues holding it together.

silverquiet 3y ago
There's a PA at my general practitioner's office who's got to be about 80; it seems like a lot of healthcare jobs can be done into old age. I think about going the PA route after my next layoff actually because it seems like a job that could be a better fit for me.
skhunted 3y ago
The population pyramid is in better shape than many other countries with universal healthcare. Instead of imagining or searching for plausible sounding excuses study the issue a bit. A government run healthcare system can do much better than our current system and in a much more moral way.
halostatue 3y ago
The NHS (and many other UK institutions) has been starved of cash for fifteen years by the Tories led by increasingly incompetent PMs (I mean, seriously, if the best PM in the last fifteen years is David Cameron; frankly, a head of lettuce would have done better than most of the Tory caucus).
gambiting 3y ago
>>I keep reading about NHS in the UK having issues holding it together I'm in the UK and yep, the system is on the verge of collapse, but it feels like it's entirely by design so it can be finally privatised and killed off once and for all - it feels inevitable at this point. Basically right now it works for: - maternity - anything child related - emergency services(to an extent, unless you are literally dying you will still wait hours for an ambulance). Everything else is so massively underfunded it's a miracle it exists at all. A friend was referred to see a psychiatrist on the NHS recently - you know what the wait time is to see a psychiatrist on the NHS in our region? 210 weeks. About 4 years.

silverquiet 3y ago

There's a PA at my general practitioner's office who's got to be about 80; it seems like a lot of healthcare jobs can be done into old age. I think about going the PA route after my next layoff actually because it seems like a job that could be a better fit for me.

skhunted 3y ago

The population pyramid is in better shape than many other countries with universal healthcare. Instead of imagining or searching for plausible sounding excuses study the issue a bit. A government run healthcare system can do much better than our current system and in a much more moral way.

halostatue 3y ago

The NHS (and many other UK institutions) has been starved of cash for fifteen years by the Tories led by increasingly incompetent PMs (I mean, seriously, if the best PM in the last fifteen years is David Cameron; frankly, a head of lettuce would have done better than most of the Tory caucus).

gambiting 3y ago

>>I keep reading about NHS in the UK having issues holding it together I'm in the UK and yep, the system is on the verge of collapse, but it feels like it's entirely by design so it can be finally privatised and killed off once and for all - it feels inevitable at this point. Basically right now it works for: - maternity - anything child related - emergency services(to an extent, unless you are literally dying you will still wait hours for an ambulance). Everything else is so massively underfunded it's a miracle it exists at all. A friend was referred to see a psychiatrist on the NHS recently - you know what the wait time is to see a psychiatrist on the NHS in our region? 210 weeks. About 4 years.