Thread by @Imalright_Jack

#SaveTheNHS

Just In Case You Missed This

Exposed!

2010, health spending was 5.4%

It is now about 1.4%

"A percentage change" or decrease or fall of - 74%

This is the lowest in 70 years - Say IFS

Hence, NHS was in crisis even before the Covid 19 Crisis!

Disgusted RT

#SaveTheNHS I wrote this for Tories who failed school to answer their question on health spending in real terms

Exposed! Kate Andrews From The IEA Employs A Commonly Used Statistical Trick To Exploits Tory voters ignorance on health spending link.medium.com/uGjg1crtygb

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#SaveTheNHS For Tories who failed school & so, do not know the difference between a:

1 Percentage change,
2 Percentage difference
3 A percentage of

This is a nice colorful graph to shows health spending fell under the Tories since 2010

#SaveTheNHS Finally, even as a "percentage of GDP" it shows health spending has fallen

Sorry

nuffieldtrust.org.uk/chart/nhs-spen…

PFI NOT THE CAUSE OF NHS CRISIS

Not a fan of PFI however:

1 Pre 2010, NHS managed PFI repayments comfortably & were all in surplus

2 After a fall of 74% in health funding, after 2011, their PFI repayments have become a burden

So, surpluses turned to deficits

Green to RED

THE DUPE - Numerically health spending rises every yr

Hence, govt can claim it's increased spending every yr

So it's calculated as % CHANGE to find out what's really going on

5.4% - 1.4% means

A rise LESS THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR or A % DECREASE - a fall link.medium.com/uGjg1crtygb