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Originally Posted by Damien
Thanks for that. I do like that website.
I think that would suggest the NHS is not being driven to breaking point by EU migration. £1.8 billion (or let's say £2.1 billion) on a budget of around £100 billion, even if we say those that come here don't contribute a penny, isn't ramming it.
I would think the NHS is being strained far more by an ageing population. In fact diabetes alone is costing the NHS £13 billion! :arm: I didn't expect that figure when I googled it.
Personally I don't think the NHS is going too badly hit either way. The problems it does have seem to me to be far more systematic and deep-rooted than the EU and the solution to those problems probably don't involve the EU either. |
£100Billion is only around £14 per person per year in the UK, unfortunately that's not the reality. The selfish people crippling the NHS don't care as they abuse it week in and week out. The alcoholics, the smokers the "bad back" or "bad knee" brigade.
The only sad thing about the NHS is it relies on honesty. I know someone who relies on the NHS due to a bad back, doesn't seem to stop him carrying 7tonnes of fishing equipment to his Mobility car then half a mile to his fishing peg. He doesn't care about the NHS, he is selfish and nasty.