@RestIsPolitics@campbellclaret@RoryStewartUK How do you fix it? Revamp health and social care funding, rejoin the EU, stop taxing away your middle classes and divert as many resources as you can towards productivity stimulating initiatives - education, infrastructure, renewable energy etc
@RestIsPolitics@campbellclaret@RoryStewartUK This lead to an underinvestment in private sector, health, education, infrastructure etc and essentially chocked off the economy. The ageing population and sky high health and social care costs also consume a disproportionate amount of public resources.
@danielgoyal The Covid-19 pandemic made these problems worse still thus consolidating the low-growth trap that we find ourselves in at the moment. To address your point there was not a single factor that created all this; we should stop looking for someone to blame but rather focus 4/n
@danielgoyal in infrastructure, labour skills and welfare thus creating an economic landscape that is neither fair nor attractive to investors. The resultant discontent with raising living costs fuelled Brexit, which introduced trade barriers and uncertainty limiting investment further 2/n
@caffeinemedic Perhaps that’s the cynic in me talking, but I feel that medical training is designed to ensure that everyone meets the minimum competency requirements as opposed to encouraging trainees to really excel.
@Bornawoman99@ThisLeadenPall@BBCHughPym 3. Automation potential. Can any of the roles be replaced by software e.g., medical secretaries transcribing dictated clinical letters)