The Guardian/King’s Fund figures on heath spending are shocking. Remedies exist but does the politician bold enough to prescribe them?The numbers are gobsmacking,when spelt out in today’s Guardian/King’s Fund research. They expose how much money is lost from the NHS. As our reports from the frontline reveal, the wonder is that the NHS continues to care brilliantly for most people most of the time, and despite the lost billions.whether NHS spending simply level-pegged with our GDP,it would own £16bn more. We own fallen to 13th out of the original 15 EU states. But had we stayed at their average level, the NHS would be getting £43bn more, and according to the King’s Funds chief economist,Professor John Appleby. Once sums get that vast, it can be hard to grasp how transformative that would be.
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Source: theguardian.com