@kezo it is my honest belief that throwing billions at the NHS may plaster over the cracks, if there’s enough thrown it might even look successful but it’s still kicking the problem down the line. No single politician is going to care excessively about the long term, it’s inherent in the election process, anything beyond 5 years and their job might have changed. Even at the beginning of a term there’s a period of adjustment followed by policies designed to stamp their particular set of beliefs on the economy. What organisations like the NHS need is long term strategies with hospital management and health care provision skills at the centre of every single decision which can only come from people who have experience in doing exactly that. Funnily enough there is such an organisation – NHS England where senior trust staff have been recruited to look at country wide issues and create bigger picture policies. Put that inbetween a political/cross party management group and the individual Trusts where decisions can be made and enforced. Then there’s the GP service. A privitised service where a group of doctors own the entire practice and offer a service for a price to the NHS, if priorities need to be changed can that be forced solely through funding?
Some good suggestions, bt I dn’t know the answer other than its in a mess. Whatever is decided it’s got to cater for all walk’s of life, Rich, poor or in the middle. That it flows between services from Hospitals, ambulances GP’s…..
No poltician is highly bothered, lets be honest they all have private health care and is probably a perk of the job. Even Sunak during PMQ’s “I have access to an NHS GP but, have also gone private”
In England you you can log onto the system and choose to attend a private clinic or hospital and is funded I believe through your local NHS. I’m in Wales now and we don’t have the same system but, my family in Staffs do.