Over and over again, year upon year the NHS drains the lifeblood out of the taxpayer. Last year, it appears that no more than £1.7 billion of extra funding was spent on improvements to to staffing, extra drugs and supplies - and even this figure may well be flattering.Meanwhile, a further £3.8 billion was poured in from which the taxpayer will find zero improvements. Massive increases in salaries to GPs, debt repayment and capitulating to price rises by the giant drugs corporations helped to eat up this massive amount.
If £5.5 billion brings about only minimal changes - just how much would have to be spent to make it work properly?
Targets and non-stop statistics must cease; negligence payments must only be made when negligence is proved and managers must be drafted in who know how to run a whelk stall.
In the longer term, we must move over to a bottom-funded system as used by the French who enjoy the best health care in the world.
A recent report suggests that the NHS wastes a mere£25 billion pounds EVERY year! Just imagine how the system would improve with that to spend on real projects!
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