It won't (isn't?) surviving contact with reality, but we've foreclosed the actually interesting conversations about what we can do with the money we've got!
I think you could actually do this - the actual problem is that the logic is 'we will do the prevention and shift the care out of hospital so that we can afford to cut the waiting lists and bring back the family doctor'....
Health policy is exactly like this. We'll cut waiting lists, while shifting care out of hospitals, bringing back the family doctor and delivering prevention all at the same time with the same money.....Hooray!(1/3)
@sib313 I never know for whose consumption they think these figures areβ¦
For the public, utterly meaningless. For those of us likely to take a passing interest, immediately likely to be shot down π
A vital contribution to the debate on civil service reform. Too much focus on performance management, recruitment and technical skills and not enough on appalling amenities in SW1.
How can we expect our best and brightest to deliver at pace given what they are having for lunch?
A German tourist has won a payout of more than Β£850 after he was unable to secure a sun lounger due to other guests reserving them with towels.
The man was on holiday in Greece with his family and said he spent 20 minutes a day trying to find a sun lounger, despite waking up at 6am.
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Our analysis of 22 countries reveals that tax-funded healthcare systems have lower admin costs compared to insurance-based healthcare systems.
Administrative costs consume 2.2 per cent of health spending in tax-funded systems compared to 3.5 per cent in insurance systems.
I think evidence of this can be seen in the lack of a dominant youth culture. There was a time when grunge was a cultural force in the US. Nirvana had mainstream appeal. Today, everything is in small niches.