Brian Dixon wrote:paulm,what has imigrants got to do with the increase,when a large amount of docters and nurses and other health care assistants are imigrants themselves.we would be worse off with out them
Rubbish. We have NOT been importing immigrant health care workers at anywhere near the same rate as immigration has increased over the past two decades. Here's some general background reading :-
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2008/jun/18/nhs60.nhs2
Even if the health service was run by self replicating robots and funded by 100% of our income tax it would still not be 'enough'.
As you can read the great increase in immigrant GPs was under the excellent Enoch Powell.
Personally I find it morally disgusting that we are still importing health care professionals from abroad 1) from countries who paid for their training 2) where they have real health care problems rather than people being so pissed that they have to be taken to A&E, are feeling a bit depressed or want some aspirin on prescription at enormous cost when they can't be arsed to go to Boots to buy some.