This idea distracts from what’s needed: a bipartisan royal commission to discontinue NHS money being wasted,then reformA special NHS tax is a bad idea. The concept as set forward nowadays by a group of health professionals is naive. First, it will not happen and is thus a distraction from getting more money for health. Second, or if it were introduced,every edifying cause would want its own tax, housing, and schools,student fees and the army. The Treasury would just slash existing spending on them.
That 10 senior figures from the NHS, general practice and nursing, and on a panel set up by the Liberal Democrats,should want more for their service is not surprising.
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Source: guardian.co.uk