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[Oldsmobile-88]

Which countrys health services produce better outcomes than ours?

Germany.. Though it’s hard to compare completely to
the NHS. Citizens pay a mix of tax contributions topped up by compulsory insurance from the individual & employer.
Loads more hospital beds per head compared to the UK for elective surgery.

 

[Rosencrantz]

Germany.. Though it’s hard to compare completely to
the NHS. Citizens pay a mix of tax contributions topped up by compulsory insurance from the individual & employer.
Loads more hospital beds per head compared to the UK for elective surgery.

That's the rub. It's not how it's paid for, it's how it is run although I think Germany do pay more as a percentage of GDP towards healthcare than the UK. Freeing up front line staff and capacity is key. Public services as a whole in this country could do with money being targeted at front line services which support and take the weight off of each other rather than a surplus of management and consultants (of the big four accounting kind rather than medical ones).

It would be interesting to see the privatised utilities and transport be subject to a thorough review on what they have actually supplied and invested over the years away from customer income and taxpayer subsidy.

 

[DB9]

Outside No10 today.

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

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Outside No10 today.

True to shambolic form one of the removal
vans damaged the security gate at the end of Downing St

 

[DB9]

True to shambolic form one of the removal
vans damaged the security gate at the end of Downing St

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He leaves as he ran this Government, A total car crash!

 

[Alistair20000]

The facts are out there for those without blindfolds to see.

Neither blindfolds nor rose tinted specs here fred

 

[Mr Jinx]

Which countrys health services produce better outcomes than ours?

Sweden has a brilliant health system. But you have to pay a tenner to set foot inside a hospital (or so you did 30 years ago). Try introducing that here without a left leaning meltdown!

 

[Alistair20000]

That's the rub. It's not how it's paid for, it's how it is run although I think Germany do pay more as a percentage of GDP towards healthcare than the UK. Freeing up front line staff and capacity is key. Public services as a whole in this country could do with money being targeted at front line services which support and take the weight off of each other rather than a surplus of management and consultants (of the big four accounting kind rather than medical ones).

It would be interesting to see the privatised utilities and transport be subject to a thorough review on what they have actually supplied and invested over the years away from customer income and taxpayer subsidy.

I make you correct Rosey.

Large public bodies and large private companies have layers of unnecessary bureaucracy and are generally inefficient and wasteful offering little in the way of value for money. These bureaucracies become self feeding creating ever more pointless posts and tasks for themselves that deliver no value.

 

[arthur]

I make you correct Rosey.

Large public bodies and large private companies have layers of unnecessary bureaucracy and are generally inefficient and wasteful offering little in the way of value for money. These bureaucracies become self feeding creating ever more pointless posts and tasks for themselves that deliver no value.

So why do large private companies continue to fund these "layers of unnecessary bureaucracy" if there is is no return on this investment? Surely one of these companies would gain a competitive edge and better returns for its shareholders if it stripped out these unnecessary layers?

Rather than persisting in your variant of a splenetic letter to the Daily Telegraph, could you provide some reasoned argument to back up your sweeping assertions? Your game remains unupped...

 

[arthur]

More woke nonsense