Bed Capacity in the NHS

[wobs]

Its been brought up a number of times here, so here is the chart of critical care capacity and occupancy:

Notice how the capcity increased during the 2nd wave, which obviously impacted on how the NHS was able to perform normal duties. This talk of empty hospitals is nonesense.

Video is here:

 

[ellal]

"The total number of NHS hospital beds in England including general and acute has more than halved over the past 30 years."

"Most other advanced health care systems have also reduced bed numbers in recent years. However, the UK has fewer acute beds relative to its population than many comparable health systems."

 

[Notch7]

"The total number of NHS hospital beds in England including general and acute has more than halved over the past 30 years."

"Most other advanced health care systems have also reduced bed numbers in recent years. However, the UK has fewer acute beds relative to its population than many comparable health systems."

Well something has to be cut back....Tories and their mates have been using healthcare to cream off profits for decades.

 

[^woody^]

In normal times you struggled to get seen never mind a bed at the hospital's near me, as they were rammed with non English speaking illegals and families. Going to A&E because they don't have a doctor for some reason, but hey get the free stuff while you can.

 

[^woody^]

Well something has to be cut back....Tories and their mates have been using healthcare to cream off profits for decades.

Do you think paying billions for Brown's inept PFI deals may be something to do with where the money is going?

 

[crystal ball]

The private finance initiative (PFI) was a United Kingdom government procurement policy aimed at creating "public–private partnerships" (PPPs) where private firms are contracted to complete and manage public projects.[1] Initially launched in 1992 by Prime Minister John Major, PFI is part of the wider programme of privatisation and financialisation, and presented as a means for increasing accountability and efficiency for public spending.[2]

 

[Notch7]

rammed with non English speaking illegals

How did you phrase the question?

"Excuse me, are you an illegal getting free treatment?"

 

[Mottie]

Do you think paying billions for Brown's inept PFI deals may be something to do with where the money is going?

Not forgetting half of our gold reserves that he flogged off cheap and against the advice of the Bank of England.

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

In normal times you struggled to get seen never mind a bed at the hospital's near me, as they were rammed with non English speaking illegals and families. Going to A&E because they don't have a doctor for some reason, but hey get the free stuff while you can.

Were you being nosey, asking them to tell you their status and how many languages they speak? Or were you snooping on their conversations with the doctors?

Or is this just one of your silly rants against anyone you suspect of being a foreigner?

 

[^woody^]

The private finance initiative (PFI) was a United Kingdom government procurement policy aimed at creating "public–private partnerships" (PPPs) where private firms are contracted to complete and manage public projects.[1] Initially launched in 1992 by Prime Minister John Major, PFI is part of the wider programme of privatisation and financialisation, and presented as a means for increasing accountability and efficiency for public spending.[2]

There is a massive difference between policy and how it is implemented.

If the subsequent government did not agree with a policy, then they had the opportunity to either remove it or change it.

But it seems, in the struggle for votes and general ineptitude, Labour chose instead to agree bad deals that the NHS, and other departments (especially schools) are paying crippling payments for decades and are limited in the ongoing services that they can use.

Just a plain old bad deal however you look at it, and it's no good trying to blame others.

 

[crystal ball]

Not forgetting half of our gold reserves that he flogged off cheap and against the advice of the Bank of England.

I do like a game of ping pong
Black Wednesday occurred on 16 September 1992 when the British government was forced to withdraw the pound sterling from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM), after a failed attempt to keep the pound above the lower currency exchange limit mandated by the ERM. At that time, the United Kingdom held the Presidency of the European Communities.

In 1997, the UK Treasury estimated the cost of Black Wednesday at £3.14 billion,[1] which was revised to £3.3 billion in 2005, following documents released under the Freedom of Information Act (earlier estimates placed losses at a much higher range of £13–27 billion).[2] Trading losses in August and September made up a minority of the losses (estimated at £800 million) and the majority of the loss to the central bank arose from non-realised profits of a potential devaluation. Treasury papers suggested that if the government had maintained $24 billion foreign currency reserves and the pound had fallen by the same amount, the UK could have made a £2.4 billion profit on the pound sterling's devaluation.[3][4]

 

[^woody^]

How did you phrase the question?

"Excuse me, are you an illegal getting free treatment?"

No, they wouldn't understand it.

 

[crystal ball]

There is a massive difference between policy and how it is implemented.

If the subsequent government did not agree with a policy, then they had the opportunity to either remove it or change it.

But it seems, in the struggle for votes and general ineptitude, Labour chose instead to agree bad deals that the NHS, and other departments (especially schools) are paying crippling payments for decades and are limited in the ongoing services that they can use.

Just a plain old bad deal however you look at it, and it's no good trying to blame others.

Just pointing out that GB was not the only player in the game

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

Of the last fifty years, only about 13 years have been a Labour Government.
But let's blame it all on the Labour Governments, when we're not blaming immigrants.

 

[Mottie]

I do like a game of ping pong

Oh, I know all British governments can make **** ups on a large scale. I was just adding a bit of balance to the tory knocking posts.