Can More Money Save the NHS? I Don’t Think So
More money will not reform healthcare
The UK Parliament vote to raise National Insurance contribution to pay for social care is the right answer to the wrong question.
Any reasonable person will accept the argument that the pandemic did contribute to the massive NHS backlog.
But the reality is, all the pandemic did was exacerbate the problem.
Therefore, throwing money into the problem without solving the core problem is band aid.
What is the core reason for NHS backlog?
The answer is senior consultants refusal to work unsociable hours.
Until the government look senior consultants in the eyes and tell them only bankers work Monday to Friday 9 to 5, no amount of money will reduce NHS backlog.
Because that is the core issue responsible for the backlog.
And here is the kicker.
Those same consultants who refuse to work night shift and weekends in the NHS work those same hours in private practices.
