1/ I'm pulling my hair out with the crap, disingenuous media reporting of the #NHSCrisis. I've seen the BBC, Sky and ITV all cite the Tories plan to give health and social care £14.1bn more over 2 years with NO CONTEXT. So let me do it:
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2/ Total spend on health and social care is c£180 bn a year.
With inflation at c10%, to stay level they would need an extra c£18 bn a year.
The Tories plan is c.£7 bn a year, ie £11 bn, c60% less than is needed to stay level.
So in practice this extra money is a real terms cut.
With inflation at c10%, to stay level they would need an extra c£18 bn a year.
The Tories plan is c.£7 bn a year, ie £11 bn, c60% less than is needed to stay level.
So in practice this extra money is a real terms cut.
3/ By not giving this context, the media are doing a propaganda job for the Tories. The Tories are trying to present a real terms cut as extra money. By parroting the line that this is "extra" money. the media are lying on the Tories behalf.
4/ The media have come very late to reporting on the current #NHSCrisis but at least finally they're on it. There's been some good micro reporting, eg a people waiting for an ambulance, the chaos at A&E wards etc. But they're doing a bad to non existent job on macro reporting.
5/ That is, why do we have this crisis?, how did it happen? etc. We can't trust them on this, so search out the facts on social media. They'll be some garbage out there too. So check, any killer fact that's so good but without a source probably isn't a fact.
6/ But you're more likely to find the truth on here than any #BrokenMedia macro reporting on the #NHSCrisis
7/ Sources:
1) Health and social care spend: kingsfund.org.uk/projects/nhs-i…
2) Tories £14.1bn "more":
1) Health and social care spend: kingsfund.org.uk/projects/nhs-i…
2) Tories £14.1bn "more":
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