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Content originally from The King's Fund The NHS is being privatised Myth Some, mainly left-wing, commentators have argued for many years that the NHS is being privatised. The facts Private companies have always played a role in the NHS, with services such as dentistry, optical care and community pharmacy being provided by the private sector for decades, and most GP … Continue reading Health and social care in England: tackling the myths Part 5

Content originally from The King's Fund The government has 'fixed' social care Myth The current government claims to have ‘fixed’ social care, delivering on the pledge made by the Prime Minister when he arrived in Downing Street in 2019. The facts Social care has long been under-resourced. Significant reductions in local authority funding during the austerity years … Continue reading Health and social care in England: tackling the myths Part 4

Content originally from The King's Fund GPs aren't working hard enough to meet demand for appointments Myth There has been widespread criticism of general practice in the media over recent months focusing on patients being unable to get appointments, with GPs accused of not working hard enough to address this. The facts General practice delivered 27.5 million appointments in … Continue reading Health and social care in England: tackling the myths Part 3

Content originally from The King's Fund The NHS is inefficient Myth The NHS is sometimes characterised as being over-managed, inefficient and wasteful. The facts Measuring the productivity of the NHS over time can be difficult, as full data on the volume and quality of the outputs and outcomes the NHS produces are not always available. However, … Continue reading Health and social care in England: tackling the myths Part 2

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Content originally from The King's Fund The NHS is a bottomless pit Myth Some commentators and politicians have labelled the NHS a bottomless pit – the more money it receives, the more it demands. They argue that the NHS consumes too high a proportion of public spending and that continuing to increase health spending is unsustainable – … Continue reading Health and social care in England: tackling the myths Part 1

Content originally from Office for National Statistics An estimated 2.3 million people in private households in the UK (3.5% of the population) were experiencing self-reported long COVID as of 3 September 2022. Of those, almost half (46%) reported experiencing long COVID symptoms at least one year after first having (suspected) COVID-19. The most common long … Continue reading Long COVID: 2.3 million people affected in the UK

On Sunday 16 October: COVID INFECTIONS, HOSPITALISATIONS & DEATHS CONTINUE RISING. PLEASE GET VACCINATED. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggests SWF had 457* Covid cases. 2.3m people in the UK have long Covid. Recent good news included: cancer-killing herpes simplex virus shows promise in early human trials; scientists have developed a virus-killing plastic to … Continue reading An Update from Us 16.10.2022

Content originally from Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System In my last email I talked about why keeping an eye on your blood pressure could help keep hearts attacks and strokes at bay.  I hope you found the information useful, don’t forget to look out for the local programmes I mentioned that will help … Continue reading Cutting Back on the Booze

On Sunday 9 October: COVID INFECTIONS, HOSPITALISATIONS & DEATHS ARE RISING AGAIN. PLEASE GET VACCINATED. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggests SWF had 320* Covid cases. 2.3m people in the UK have long Covid. Recent good news included: cancer-killing herpes simplex virus shows promise in early human trials; scientists have developed a virus-killing plastic … Continue reading An Update from Us 09.10.2022