Illustrative example - let's imagine 100% of health spending goes on over 65s, and let's say that 40% of the over 65 population has a chronic condition. We know that the over 65 population has increa… (View Post)

In terms of NHS productivity, the Conservatives actually had a brilliant record. They increased it by 15% (1.6% per year) between 2010 and 2019 - that's much faster than what the private sector achie… (View Post)

Let's say 100% of the health budget goes on over 65-year olds, and that population has increased by 32%. If it's entirely down to demographics, how much should the budget have increased by? (View Post)

You've missed one bit, which is the number of people who need that service which keeps going up and up. So service per patient might be down while overall service delivered is up. That's the danger f… (View Post)

There's no chance the PFO/Police Scotland have offices that swanky, right? A mistake Slow Horses made too with the main MI5 base. (View Post)