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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh
But I know that there is huge wastage in the NHS like all large organisations and it's not those doing the work at fault.
People also want more from the service but less willing to pay more for it.
The NHS is doing tasks that should be done by other organisations or families - some social/discharge care could be done by families, in the case of older patients by their children. (Not all).
It is in a mess and has been for many decades but just injecting cash is not going to fix things. And it's not going to be fixed quickly, so what is the priority? Do you focus on prevention, caring for the most numerically, caring for the most critical clinically or something else? As with COVID stats it must be remembered that behind the figures are individuals.
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From above
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Populism There's still a spill-over of populism. "If the NHS was more efficient with its money then there would be no problems." "We need more nurses and fewer admin staff. Once that's done, it will improve."
The we-can-have-our-cake-and-eat-it belief.
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Do you have any evidence to back up your assertion " I know that there is huge wastage in the NHS like all large organisations"?
You may believe it, but can you *verify it (considering there have been so many initiatives/reorganisations in the last 20 years)? There is wasted effort in any large organisation (by the very nature of the beast), but "huge waste" is an unquantifiable and emotive sound bite.
https://keepournhspublic.com/factche...onal%20funding.
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In one international comparison, the NHS scored 4th out of 11 rich countries when their health systems were compared for administrative efficiency[1].
However, while there are some areas of waste in the NHS they do not negate the need for additional funding.
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Here’s an interesting article from a couple of years ago..
How much money does the NHS waste? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-37715399
* anecdata doesn’t count… 
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Last edited by Hugh; 17-01-2023 at 11:46.
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