Is the NHS broken?
- Desperate staff shortages
- Outdated equipment
- Dangerously long wait times
- Delayed diagnoses
- Botched operations
- Needless baby deaths
- And 12,000 negligence claims in a single year
Can it survive? Dispatches Monday 8pm @Channel4
- Desperate staff shortages
- Outdated equipment
- Dangerously long wait times
- Delayed diagnoses
- Botched operations
- Needless baby deaths
- And 12,000 negligence claims in a single year
Can it survive? Dispatches Monday 8pm @Channel4
@Channel4 “You feel ashamed of the care you’re giving.”
Chronic staff shortages are putting patients and staff at risk, and affecting healthcare outcomes across the country. By 2024, it’s estimated there will be a shortage of 160,000 NHS staff - over 10% of staff.
Chronic staff shortages are putting patients and staff at risk, and affecting healthcare outcomes across the country. By 2024, it’s estimated there will be a shortage of 160,000 NHS staff - over 10% of staff.
@Channel4 In parts of the UK, there’s just one GP per 3,000 patients. Nationwide, that number is three per 1,000 - the lowest ratio in Europe.
Currently 10% of NHS jobs are unfilled, and there is a shortage of 40,000 nurses. By 2024, there is predicted to be a shortage of 11,500 GPs.
Currently 10% of NHS jobs are unfilled, and there is a shortage of 40,000 nurses. By 2024, there is predicted to be a shortage of 11,500 GPs.
@Channel4 This shortage is not just staff, but equipment too. #Dispatches found that the NHS has one of the lowest numbers of vital CT and MRI equipment of any developed nation.
Some of the equipment is decades old, despite NHS guidance saying anything over 10 years should be replaced.
Some of the equipment is decades old, despite NHS guidance saying anything over 10 years should be replaced.
@Channel4 Staff and equipment shortages are having severe real-life impact.
In June this year, 142,000 patients in England had waited over 6 weeks for scan results, and 40,000 had waited over 13 weeks. Delays to test results can have serious health implications.
In June this year, 142,000 patients in England had waited over 6 weeks for scan results, and 40,000 had waited over 13 weeks. Delays to test results can have serious health implications.
@Channel4 Despite half of us likely to be diagnosed with cancer in our lifetimes, 45% of UK cancer diagnoses are not made until the late stages of the illness - severely impacting survival rates.
@Channel4 Last year, the NHS received 12,000 negligence claims, costing millions of pounds to the taxpayer.
But some NHS staff have said they’re too afraid to report concerns that could impact patient safety, for fear of reprisals.
But some NHS staff have said they’re too afraid to report concerns that could impact patient safety, for fear of reprisals.
@Channel4 Long-term under-investment left the NHS struggling to cope even before the pandemic. The UK spends just a fraction on its healthcare per head compared to our European neighbours - just £2,989 per person in 2017, compared to £4,432 in Germany and £3,737 in France. 
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