Reform The NHS

Wednesday, 03 April 2024

The NHS is the most popular and the most expensive of all the public services. It employs 3.1 million people, and it costs over £136 billion per year. There are 19.2 million families in UK which means that each family pays about £7000 per year.

And yet, we find it difficult to see a GP, or have an operation on time, and if we call an ambulance, it’s likely to take a long time. When abulances arrive at hospitals patients often lie in corridors for many hours. Some die.

So, something is wrong. It’s obvious that the Conservatives have failed.

We must Reform the NHS. Here are Reforms policies:

  1. Cut bureaucracy and unnecessary management. There are many thousands of people who work in the NHS who have nothing to do with patient care. NHS spends £40m a year on 800 diversity and inclusion officers. That money could be spent on extra 1,200 nurses. Reform will reduce the number of non-essential staff and spend the money on patient care.

  2. Smarter Purchasing. The NHS often pays inflated prices for its pharmaceuticals, and other goods and services. In reality, NHS should be benefiting from economies of scale.

  3. A&E. The A&E service is overwhelmed because many people use A&E for minor ailments. Reform will start a campaign which puts emphasis on pharmacy first, GPs second, and A&E last. People should only go to A&E for Accidents or Emergencies!

  4. Incentivise staff to stay. Many trained staff leave the NHS early. This is a tremendous loss to the service. Reform UK will incentivise NHS and social care staff to stay by offering zero basic rate tax for three years.

  5. Patients Choice. Reform will introduce a new voucher scheme where patients can receive private treatments if they cannot see a GP within three days; or a consultant within three weeks; or receive their operation within nine weeks.

  6. Make more use of private healthcare and insurance. To relieve the pressure on the NHS, Reform UK will introduce 20% tax relief for those people who can afford to go private.

NHS is the crown jewel of the public services But it is not perfect, and it needs Reform.

This is how we can Save the NHS

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Chris Farmer • Gloucester • Reform UK