Maybe kier can scalp some more pensioners to raise money for the nhs.
Technical-Economy-56 on
It’s already dead, you just don’t know it. It was designed to fail as it is an intergenerational Ponzi scheme by design.
Capital-Wolverine532 on
It needs reform, not more money. Davey has no idea other than subject everyone to more and more taxation
grrrranm on
Money is not the problem in the NHS,
Chronic mismanagement of resources is the problem!
MyInkyFingers on
The nhs equally needs reform , but a restructure to remove the need for agency staff , refine management structures , reduce wastage etc .
There’s so much wastage, and equally short staffing and burnt out staff can lead to complacency
throughpasser on
Look at all the posts on here, straight away, all saying the identical thing – the NHS doesn’t need money, it needs “restructuring” etc. This sub is owned.
Fuck off, US healthcare drones. The NHS is one of the most cost effective healthcare models in the world. What it needs is funding properly.
Far_Thought9747 on
The NHS is like a British cult. People daren’t say a bad word about its poor management and wasteful procurements/contracts or they’ll be lynched.
In 22/23, it had a budget of £181.7B, £171.8B on day to day items. That is ridiculous.
Look at all other budgets Railway £28.2B, Road £12.6B, Defence £54.2B, Education £116B, Council £113.5B.
The NHS dwarfs every budget, but every week, you hear negligence cases. It paid out £2.8B in compensation in 23/24, a total of 13,784 negligence case claims, 7,260 of which settled with payments.
Throwing money at it won’t solve the problem, it’ll just give them more money to waste. The issue with government budgets is that it’s seen as a target, so all the departments will be ensuring they spend everything they have to ensure it doesn’t reduce in the next year. This means they buy things that aren’t required.
If we really stripped it back, you’d be able to find many ways of freeing up money for other unfunded parts of the organisation.
mat_caves on
What the NHS needs is capital investment, more than an increase in rolling annual budgets. Efficiency problems are, in my experience (which full disclaimer, I do work in the NHS so may be biased) largely due to crumbling and outdated infrastructure. Through the austerity period, savings were made in a lot of trusts by capping business cases and delaying repairs and upgrades to the infrastructure. Then services are outsourced on poor value for money contracts, because all the capital evaporated but there was still enough rolling annual budget to cover an external contract.
I think having a short term pot of money solely for trusts to fix and upgrade their infrastructure and invest in internal staff, funded in part through a cap on outsourcing services and agency staff, with a temporary injection of cash to fund the transition period, is the best way forwards.
Teawhymarcsiamwill on
He’s the guy who helped privatize royal mail right?
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Maybe kier can scalp some more pensioners to raise money for the nhs.
It’s already dead, you just don’t know it. It was designed to fail as it is an intergenerational Ponzi scheme by design.
It needs reform, not more money. Davey has no idea other than subject everyone to more and more taxation
Money is not the problem in the NHS,
Chronic mismanagement of resources is the problem!
The nhs equally needs reform , but a restructure to remove the need for agency staff , refine management structures , reduce wastage etc .
There’s so much wastage, and equally short staffing and burnt out staff can lead to complacency
Look at all the posts on here, straight away, all saying the identical thing – the NHS doesn’t need money, it needs “restructuring” etc. This sub is owned.
Fuck off, US healthcare drones. The NHS is one of the most cost effective healthcare models in the world. What it needs is funding properly.
The NHS is like a British cult. People daren’t say a bad word about its poor management and wasteful procurements/contracts or they’ll be lynched.
In 22/23, it had a budget of £181.7B, £171.8B on day to day items. That is ridiculous.
Look at all other budgets Railway £28.2B, Road £12.6B, Defence £54.2B, Education £116B, Council £113.5B.
The NHS dwarfs every budget, but every week, you hear negligence cases. It paid out £2.8B in compensation in 23/24, a total of 13,784 negligence case claims, 7,260 of which settled with payments.
Throwing money at it won’t solve the problem, it’ll just give them more money to waste. The issue with government budgets is that it’s seen as a target, so all the departments will be ensuring they spend everything they have to ensure it doesn’t reduce in the next year. This means they buy things that aren’t required.
If we really stripped it back, you’d be able to find many ways of freeing up money for other unfunded parts of the organisation.
What the NHS needs is capital investment, more than an increase in rolling annual budgets. Efficiency problems are, in my experience (which full disclaimer, I do work in the NHS so may be biased) largely due to crumbling and outdated infrastructure. Through the austerity period, savings were made in a lot of trusts by capping business cases and delaying repairs and upgrades to the infrastructure. Then services are outsourced on poor value for money contracts, because all the capital evaporated but there was still enough rolling annual budget to cover an external contract.
I think having a short term pot of money solely for trusts to fix and upgrade their infrastructure and invest in internal staff, funded in part through a cap on outsourcing services and agency staff, with a temporary injection of cash to fund the transition period, is the best way forwards.
He’s the guy who helped privatize royal mail right?