28-01-2022, 12:20 PM
(28-01-2022, 11:28 AM)Bluestow Wrote:(28-01-2022, 10:06 AM)exgaffer Wrote:We spend far less per capita on health than other countries such as France and Germany. The old clichés about too many managers in the NHS isn't true either. Of course, systems can always be improved but the NHS is more efficient than most; the problem is we don't invest enough in our health and care system.(28-01-2022, 08:22 AM)Cunninglinguist Wrote: A while ago, I rang for an appointment with my doctor in the morning. I saw him at 11.45 and told him about the chest discomfort I was experiencing. He rang my local radio clinic and made an appointment for 2.30. He also sent me for a blood test (2 pm). I had the blood test and went for my X-ray. Before I could finish getting dressed afterwards, the radiologist/doctor was waiting outside my cubicle door with the news that there was no problem with my lungs. Blood test results were online next day.
If you know of a better service than that, please tell me.
Turns out I had developed an allergy to dust.
That is good service Cunning, but just because you had such a good experience doesn’t mean that all users are as satisfied.
I had a similar experience to that in the US but that wouldn’t prove that the US system is the best would it?
Suffice it to say, the NHS is a very long way from such lofty standards and the problems will not be solved by chucking money at it. A root and branch reform is called for.
Well we can debate that and some changes have been made for the better but I still don’t think it’s anywhere near as efficient as it should be.
I agree that we don’t invest enough in health but that is due to the ‘it must be free’ mantra that everyone gets hooked up on. The French and German systems use health insurance and we should move to that too. People are more than happy to insure their house, their car, their pets etc. but seem strangely reluctant to insure their own health. Funding the system from general taxation is not the way to do it because people are not personally invested in it and it is open to abuse.
Insurance leads to more funding in the system, better efficiency, better outcomes.