Since a Conservative-led government introduced public spending cuts in 2010 in the wake of the global financial crisis, NHS funding has grown by about 1% a year in real terms, apart from a surge during the coronavirus pandemic. model is unusual in relying almost entirely on taxation rather than insurance or a blend of the two. Most wealthy Western countries - bar the United States - have built their health systems on a form of socialized medicine.
is not alone in having a health care system under increasing pressure. “Without fundamental change, the supply of health care will continue to be unable to keep up with surging demand,” Javid wrote in the Times of London, calling for an independent commission to look at reform options. Sajid Javid, who served as health secretary under former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, argued this week that the service was "unsustainable" but politicians are afraid to say so because most proposals for change - whether fees, higher taxes or major restructuring - are politically unpalatable. “And when we ask them what’s the career that they hold in the highest esteem, they say it’s the NHS workforce,” she said.Ĭritics say that affection prevents discussion of the flaws of an unwieldy behemoth that employs more than 1 million people and has struggled for years to cope with increasing life expectancy, rising demand and fluctuating political priorities. “It was when I had children myself that I appreciated the care that I had.”Įllie Orton, chief executive of NHS Charities Together, a network of groups that supports the health service, said the NHS regularly comes up on top when people are asked “what’s the thing that they hold most dear in the U.K.”
“As a child, I didn’t understand the significance of it,” she said.
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