Brexit is damaging the NHS, study finds

[pellinore]

A new report by think tank the Nuffield Trust warns that Britain’s departure from the EU has worsened recruitment shortages while pushing up the price of some medicines and making some more difficult to obtain. The report also states that Brexit could worsen health inequality.

The findings of the study are a far cry from the promises of the Leave campaign, which promoted the idea that leaving the EU would secure more funds for the health service.

Mark Dayan, Brexit programme lead at the Nuffield Trust, said it was “undeniable that the NHS has faced three of the most difficult years in its history” thanks to the pandemic and inflation. But he also said “the effects of Brexit appear to have added to the severe challenges and problems the NHS currently faces”.

Brexit is damaging the NHS with staff shortages and more expensive medicines, study finds | The Independent

Edited December 19, 2022 by pellinore

[Ell]

Nonsense! The main cause of the issue is the covid hysteria and its ensuing inflation and all the money the UK sent to Ukrain.

 

It does not have anything to do with Brexit.

Edited December 19, 2022 by Ell

[Dejarma]

9 minutes ago, pellinore said:

A new report by think tank the Nuffield Trust warns that Britain’s departure from the EU has worsened recruitment shortages

why does the NHS need more staff? this question is never answered truthfully by those in charge- it's a simple question with a simple answer

[pellinore]

16 minutes ago, Dejarma said:

why does the NHS need more staff? this question is never answered truthfully by those in charge- it's a simple question with a simple answer

I know, its crazy. Always complaining about shortages of beds, shortages of staff. Anyone would think the two things are related, the way they go on.

 

[pellinore]

22 minutes ago, Dejarma said:

why does the NHS need more staff? this question is never answered truthfully by those in charge- it's a simple question with a simple answer

Go on then- what's the simple answer, because it is baffling the government as well?

[Dejarma]

2 minutes ago, pellinore said:

Go on then- what's the simple answer, because it is baffling the government as well?

have a go at answering it yourself first

[pellinore]

5 hours ago, Dejarma said:

have a go at answering it yourself first

You do realise that it was you who said there was a simple answer, not me?

[itsnotoutthere]

The NHS is a money pit that will never function no matter how much money it receives.

"Ten percent of the British population buys their way out of the NHS. They pay their taxes and then purchase private health insurance. Were they not to do so and use the NHS it would come crashing down under the burden of 6.5 million additional patients unsupported by additional revenue. The stark fact is that the NHS will never have enough money as it is a government monopoly that claims to provide unlimited service. Obviously, it doesn’t."

https://medicine-opera.com/2018/01/britains-national-health-service-continues-to-struggle/

[Ozymandias]

9 hours ago, Dejarma said:

why does the NHS need more staff? this question is never answered truthfully by those in charge- it's a simple question with a simple answer

Because there are greater numbers of people requiring its services, more than ever before in history. The elderly and older sections of the population are increasing as a percentage of the population and modern medicine is keeping them alive longer than they ever were before.  Couple that with the increasing need for efficiency and to centralise resources more - i.e closure of outlying and less used units - and the push for centres of excellence, and the whole dynamic produces great pressure on the services that are there. 

Edited December 19, 2022 by Ozymandias

[itsnotoutthere]

9 hours ago, Dejarma said:

why does the NHS need more staff? this question is never answered truthfully by those in charge- it's a simple question with a simple answer

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2320499/The-500-000-Eastern-European-migrants-UK-officials-didnt-know-here.html

(e.g. another city the size of Liverpool)

Edited December 19, 2022 by itsnotoutthere

[itsnotoutthere]

"A new report by think tank the Nuffield Trust warns that Britain’s departure from the EU has worsened recruitment shortages while pushing up the price of some medicines and making some more difficult to obtain. The report also states that Brexit could worsen health inequality."

Yes, that's the reason.

[itsnotoutthere]