My offering on this years’ Summer Exhibition: number 461:’ I can’t breathe: Covid; NHS’ using my other name Jennifer Vorhaus. Proceeds to NHS charities
‘How can we afford the NHS?’ might be better posed as: ‘Why is the economy not large enough to support a comparatively cheap health system like the NHS? And why are higher taxes off the table to pay for it?' (5/12)
V very big thank you for all the wonderful and generous messages. It’s a collective effort and recognition and my thank you to all of you for support and collaboration over the years.
Also remembering all those working in the NHS recognised for their tireless work for us all.
Conservative leadership candidates are proposing tax cuts to boost economic growth.
Yet the UK already has lower tax intake than many other countries in Western Europe… and lower GDP...🧵 (1/12)
health.org.uk/news-and-comme…
At a busy #Lab21 fringe event on ‘the future of social care’ and Dr Jennifer Dixon from @HealthFdn starts by politely asking the audience to wear a mask if they can to protect themselves and others - first time here I’ve seen the majority of a room wear one
...wait time for hip replacement in Berlin: 1 week (listen out for our next podcast episode...)
In UK: median wait for orthopaedics elective care: 16 weeks.
You get what you pay for.
health.org.uk/news-and-comme… (4/12)
...lower GDP means less spent on health care.
GDP (2020)
Germany: £3.2 trillion
UK: £2.2 trillion
And it shows..
Total health spend per head (2020)
Germany £4,723
UK: £3,326
oecd.org/health/health-… (2/12)
With the increasing possibility that the UK will leave the EU without a deal, we have joined @TheKingsFund & @NuffieldTrust in writing to MPs to outline four areas where a #NoDealBrexit could cause significant harm to health and care services.
Read now: health.org.uk/news-and-comme…
Instead a crude meme is: 'the NHS is an inefficient blob, curb spending growth and reform it’.
But we don’t prescribe that for industry to boost limp productivity – instead we talk about long term investment in tech and skills. (6/12)
