Britain has health care issues too...
Doesn't this sound like Canada?
The health service is facing its biggest deficit of nearly £1 billion at the end of the financial year despite record investment of £74.5 billion.
At the same time, official figures show that the cost of bureaucracy leapt by £1.3 billion between 2000 and last year, with the number of administrative staff soaring from 159,141 to 211,690.
Andrew Lansley, the shadow health secretary, speaking before an opposition debate on NHS finances today, said the similarity between the projected deficit and the cost of extra administrative staff was no coincidence. "Too much is wasted on bureaucracy," he said.
"The Government keeps telling us that more money than ever is being poured into the NHS, yet front-line staff do not see it. Patients bear the brunt of these deficits through ward closures, threats to community hospitals and staff redundancies."
posted by GayandRight @ 10:31 PM
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The Problem with both Britain and Canada is they have a huge bureaucracy in health care. They also try to both fund and deliver health care, which is part of the problem. Interestingly enough, while the left points to Britain as a reason Canada shouldn't adopt a parallel private system or else we will have longer waiting times, they neglect to mention France, Germany, Sweden, and Netherlands have even greater private sector involvement than Britain and yet shorter waiting times.
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