[switch007]

IMHO focussing on the NHS budget seems myopic. I haven't got the faintest clue about public health spending but there are so many things you can question like

- What is medical inflation compared to overall inflation?

- What do other countries spend?

- Are we getting value for money?

- Are key statistics getting worse despite increase budgets?

- How does population factor in to spending?

etc

[iso1631]

> - What is medical inflation compared to overall inflation?

In the G7, per year

  1970-1980 13%
  1980-1990 8%
  1990-2000 5%
  2000-2010 6%
  2010-2018 4%

> What do other countries spend?

Far more than the UK

> - Are we getting value for money?

A notoriously difficult question with healthcare

> - Are key statistics getting worse despite increase budgets?

That depends on how you define the statistics, which is massively subjective

> - How does population factor in to spending?

Older populations lead to more health spending

[monoclechris]

I am focusing the discussion on reality and facts. Everyone else can speculate as much as they want.

[twic]

Fact, singular. Taken in isolation from a context which could give it quite different meaning.

[monoclechris]

If someone makes a false statement, it is not unreasonable to dispute that claim.

[iso1631]

You are the only one making a false statement