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He is asking for a post Brexit commitment. The report mentions 2021.
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08-11-2017, 02:15 PM
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'He warned a hospital waiting list of five million by 2021 was likely - meaning a 10th of the population would be waiting for treatment'

Yet still we take more people in.
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08-11-2017, 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Longdogs ->
'He warned a hospital waiting list of five million by 2021 was likely - meaning a 10th of the population would be waiting for treatment'

Yet still we take more people in.
It's oldies and cancer patients that cost most.
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08-11-2017, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by AnnieS ->
It's oldies and cancer patients that cost most.
And so it should be.
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08-11-2017, 03:19 PM
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Unfortunately the older population is growing and you are far more likely to get cancer later in life. Increased costs are therefore not down to migration or overseas visitors but because of demographics.
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08-11-2017, 03:27 PM
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Increased costs are therefore not down to migration or overseas visitors but because of demographics.
Really?

So there is no such thing as health tourism?

There have been no hordes of migrants (legal or illegal) who have arrived here over the past several years, then?

Funny, that. I wonder who has been making up all the stories.

And let's not forget that old people and smokers have been paying for healthcare cover all their lives. Smokers, it is said, pay more in through taxes than they take out.
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08-11-2017, 04:57 PM
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Really?

So there is no such thing as health tourism?

There have been no hordes of migrants (legal or illegal) who have arrived here over the past several years, then?

Funny, that. I wonder who has been making up all the stories.

And let's not forget that old people and smokers have been paying for healthcare cover all their lives. Smokers, it is said, pay more in through taxes than they take out.
I said the increase in costs is not down to migrants but demographics. The big growth is our ageing population living longer not health tourism. The elderly cost a fortune. Don't forget we are also talking 2021 future growth projections. The taxes already paid are not relevant to making ends meet now. That money is spent and no longer available.
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08-11-2017, 05:10 PM
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Well until we are out and that could be years where does he think it will come from ?

I'm sure they can help themselves a big too, keep refusing to charge people who aren't entitled to NHS care why should anyone help any more than they do now ? I'm a big fan of NHS but unless they try a bit to help themselves they can't make demands.
To add to that, stop unnecessary cosmetic surgeries, gender re-assignments, the funding of frequent IVF treatments, abuse of free prescriptions such as those issued for Paracetamol when it's cheaper to buy for yourself, abuse by pharmaceutical companies who charge excessive amounts for simple drugs, and high-priced anti-HIV treatments instead of the recipients of those drugs using condoms to protect themselves.
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08-11-2017, 05:14 PM
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Surely the NHS will be saving money once they stop treating the fat smokers.
Behave.
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08-11-2017, 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Judd ->
To add to that, stop unnecessary cosmetic surgeries, gender re-assignments, the funding of frequent IVF treatments, abuse of free prescriptions such as those issued for Paracetamol when it's cheaper to buy for yourself, abuse by pharmaceutical companies who charge excessive amounts for simple drugs, and high-priced anti-HIV treatments instead of the recipients of those drugs using condoms to protect themselves.


And stop health tourism!
 
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