And yet we are not out of line with other developed countries. Singapore has a debt to GDP ratio of 174 last year for example. Debt is only really an issue if you cannot pay the interest on it, and w… (View Post)

You forget that we only outperform market expectations and revise up GDP when the Tories are in power, when Labour are in power these are gross overestimates. Such is PB wisdom. (View Post)

Yes, though that was reversed some time ago. One effect was to divert leaders from direct patient care. In practice the PCTs had little real say, as they were obliged to fund NICE approved treatments… (View Post)

NHS productivity is improving again, but undeniably an issue (though on this I perhaps the legal profession has plenty of lessons to learn too!). Gimmicks like doing a lot of routine operations over … (View Post)

I did mention that in my first comment, that due to shorter patient stays, hospital staff have transferred lots of post op care and rehabilitation to General Practice, often without the resources suc… (View Post)