The thing I have never understood about the NHS is that it has an enormous budget (over £180bn just for NHS England) and is one of the biggest employers in the UK. Pretty much every government has increased spending, even during the austerity years, yet it is still failing to deliver on even its own meagre targets.
What's the answer? More funding doesn't seem to be delivering results so we clearly need to think of something else.
Paul
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2026-09-25 07:07:40 UTC
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