There is a lot to be said for improving the health of the nation to reduce the pressure on the NHS. But it will only get so far. Take cancer. There has been a huge push in recent years to suggest tha… (View Post)

The issue with this is I have never, ever seen this figure quoted about anything. Its been chosen specifically to make it sound big (it is). A better measure is to compare health spend across our com… (View Post)

There was a figure posted on the BBC which is a bit misleading: https://bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0qejx03zjnt?page=2 It says that Health has 43% of the day-to-day public service spend. This is clearly not… (View Post)

He just needs to go for a holiday and overstay. It’s what seems to happen in the U.K. rather a lot… (View Post)

Background is a 2 percent offer (some lower paid staff would get up to 5) at the time when doctors, train drivers etc are getting far bigger rises. The issue for the employer is the fees have not ris… (View Post)