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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
Only 52% of NHS staff in 2020 were professionally qualified clinical staff.
https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-info...tics/july-2020
The bureaucratic cost thus consumes a very high percentage of the budget that could have been used years ago to recruit and train additional medical staff. "Saving the NHS" is saving the bureaucracy as much as anything else. Once again, poor government has put us into this situation. This started in Blair's days when his lot became obsessed with internal markets and all the administrative bagged brought in with that.
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How does that compare to other countries?
The Doctors and Nurses do not exist to hire in the first place. It is NOT just a problem for the UK.
There are all sorts of support roles required, eg cleaners, porters, health assistants, cooking staff, maintenance. Try doing without them.