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Originally Posted by martyh

I think the only way that the NHS could survive in it's present form is to raise taxes by a couple of pence .Such a huge organisation can only be efficient up to a point ,and then it has to change .The problem in my opinion has been that over the past few decades governments have simply tinkered with an existing system instead of trying to change it to a workable organisation within a budget .Private companies do it all the time ,they change business models to suit available markets and trends or they go bust ,if the NHS doesn't change to suit modern times it will go bust (metaphorically speaking)

The ONS have demonstrated that the NHS has progressively lost efficiency. To the tune of over 13% in the last decade. In other words while its funding has been doubled it has lost 26% of that benefit through becoming less efficient. This is ignoring that outside of carefully arranged statistics the evidence for improved patient outcomes is equivocal to say the least despite the huge influx of money.

I couldn't care less about who owns or runs the NHS so long as the outcomes improve.

I couldn't even care less about it being completely free at the point of delivery, many other systems with much better patient outcomes employ selective co-pay.

Being completely honest I couldn't care less about the NHS, I've no nostalgia towards our 'beloved' health service, I only care about people getting the health care they need, when they need it, at a price be it via taxation, insurance or a combination of both which is as low as possible, to the highest feasible quality.

Realistically why should I, or any other citizen, care how our healthcare may be delivered so long as it is delivered. I really don't get the fondness for the NHS, if the system were that great everyone else would be doing it, the only countries to have had similar systems in modern times have been communist ones.

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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

Drs and Nurses should go on strike, without them, where will you go.

In my case Arthur probably here.