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Will be interesting / depressing to read the full report when published.
Health spending has been a roughly constant % of GDP for the last 10 years but service levels have fallen off a cliff (all setting COVID to one side). Are we just demographically fucked?
NickCJ-
Are we just demographically fucked?
Yes, on several levels.
Ageing population, more long term conditions and a public sector pension liabilitty of £2tn+. There are not enough young people in the UK to bankroll the old folk, which is one of the reasons the Uk follows a high immigration policy (immigrants tend to be working age and have kids). And we are still ten to twenty years away from the worst effects of this situation biting.
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Will be interesting / depressing to read the full report when published.
https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/publications/strategies-reduce-waiting-times-elective-care
Stonehedge
jellybaby
In news that will surprise no-one
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/dec/12/decade-of-neglect-means-nhs-unable-to-tackle-care-backlog-report-says