There is money in the NHS but it’s not going to patients….
Years ago when I first worked as a physio there was no private organisation in health, every penny went on clinical care.
Then it started. First with the cleaners. 1/5
No longer part of ward team, they were disenfranchised and lost sense of pride in keeping wards spotless. Somewhere someone was making a profit off that contract and it wasn’t workers/patients benefiting
Huge bed shifting weekly ward clean stopped, not been seen since 🤷♀️ 2/5
Jul 8, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Short thread 💈1/5
Trolls, bots, Far Right are desperate for you to believe the NHS is adequately funded
Because then they can blame the service for the state it’s in
And then they can say it’s not working and we need a different model
#ToriesOut367 #GeneralElectionNow
Nothing could be further from the truth 2/5
This “ record funding” we keep hearing is because they added the covid contracts onto the NHS Budget
Yes. None of it went to NHS but it’s in their figures. And it’s not a small amount either it’s tens of billions 😮
#ToriesOut367
Jan 20, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Short 💈
10 years down the line I wonder what our kids will think of us.
We left them unmasked ( mostly ) and unvaccinated. With a virus that we do not fully understand the longterm effects of.
We want it to be “ mild “
Truth is: we don’t really know
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Evidence is accumulating of longer term implications
Narrative of letting it rip and allowing sky high cases fatally flawed if discussion is wider than hospitalisations and deaths
I have been asked to give my references for the earlier thread on NHS funding. Here you go....
1. The NHS budget and how it has changed. Kings Fund March 2021
2. How does UK healthcare spending compare with other countries? ONS 2019 1/73. David Rowland Oct 2019 LSE Flawed data? Why NHS spending on independent sector may actually be much more than 7%
4. Rocks, S, Boccarini G:Taxes and health care funding: how does UK compare? The Health Foundation Sept 2021
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Nov 17, 2021 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
Where does all the NHS money go? A 💈
Constant wrangling over NHS finances: it’s a bottomless pit - it’s mismanaged - it’s a huge amount - it’s not enough - will never be enough....
Where to start with all of this?
Let’s take a look....
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Does UK spend match comparable countries?
Well no. Not in proportion of national income or per head of population, it spends less than average
In comparison to G7 countries it’s spend was second lowest
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