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by rich_sasha 1401 days ago
NHS has been underfunded for years. These issues are, in a way, not new. But it just kept getting worse and worse, COVID added burnout and a huge backlog of treatments and missed diagnoses.

It probably doesn't help that a lot of the medical staff were from the EU and just before COVID were PTFO.

I'm still waiting for those hospitals to be built by all the money saved by Brexit.
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missedthecue 1401 days ago
How do you know the problem is in fact underfunding? The UK seems to spend as much on healthcare as many other first world countries, but with worse results.
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rich_sasha 1401 days ago
Well, let me rephrase. NHS has for a long time been unable to spend money it considered necessary for a sufficient level of ongoing and preventative care.

At the tail end it certainly seems plausible, stories about lack of funds for hiring doctors, and visible queues at A&E have long been a staple of healthcare. What caused that tail-end lack of funds, I'm not sure.

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Scoundreller 1401 days ago
UK seems to be at the lower end of the wealthy/expensive first world countries:

https://data.oecd.org/healthres/health-spending.htm

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