A lack of money is not the problem for the NHS – yet everyone is scared of having this debate ✒️ ianbirrell for ipaperviews
Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt leaves 10 Downing Street following a Cabinet meeting last month
This exposes some issues plaguing the NHS. We have worse maternal mortality rates than many neighbours such as Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia and Spain, a trend seen with many other outcome statistics that implies cash is not necessarily the key issue given variable funding levels.
But at least our complacent nation is waking up to the harsh reality that its health service, far from being the envy of the world, is suffering severe sickness. He saw patient safety as paramount during his six-year stint as health secretary and proposed building special cheap housing for nurses, a smart idea blocked by the Treasury with its usual short-term mindset. He has confessed to regret over his failure to fix social care.
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