The NHS was born in 1948 and since then its core principles have remained, even though the health care needs facing Britain in 2023 are vastly different. But with voters demanding more without paying more for it, how can things improve?
In the meantime, more than seven million people are on waiting lists for NHS treatment.
Once again, the relationship between the NHS and private health care is being seen as a solution by some and a problem by others. Statistics suggest that overall delivery by NHS services was best during the early years of this century, after Tony Blair and Gordon Brown raised funding for the NHS to the European average for health care spending per capita.Using OECD data, the King's Fund reported that compared to most of the rest of the Western world, the UK has one of the lowest numbers of doctors, nurses, and hospital beds for the size of its population.
This is highly ambitious since Labour proposes ending staff shortages by doubling the number of medical school places and of district nurses; 10,000 extra nurses and midwives each year and 5,000 more health visitors.
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