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Ooops:
"Friday’s report by the public accounts committee into the cost of clinical negligence in hospital trusts reveals that the bill has quadrupled in 10 years to [~$2 billion] and is expected to double again by 2021."
So why are these expenses climbing so high and so rapidly? Well, there seem to be a couple of factors in play:
"As well as increasing damages for a small and stable number of “high value” ... there is a growth in the number and cost of “low value” claims."
The vast majority of those "high-value" claims, by the way, are maternity-related.
But why the increase in claims themselves?
Apparently, there's a mysterious connection between "steeply rising demand and chronic staff shortages." I mean, who could have foreseen that in a government-run system? And this in turn has led to "endless examples of deteriorating patient safety."
Ooops:
— Prez Cannady (@prezcannady) March 1, 2019So about that bending the cost curve down by way of nationalized health "care:"
"Friday’s report by the public accounts committee into the cost of clinical negligence in hospital trusts reveals that the bill has quadrupled in 10 years to [~$2 billion] and is expected to double again by 2021."
So why are these expenses climbing so high and so rapidly? Well, there seem to be a couple of factors in play:
"As well as increasing damages for a small and stable number of “high value” ... there is a growth in the number and cost of “low value” claims."
The vast majority of those "high-value" claims, by the way, are maternity-related.
But why the increase in claims themselves?
Apparently, there's a mysterious connection between "steeply rising demand and chronic staff shortages." I mean, who could have foreseen that in a government-run system? And this in turn has led to "endless examples of deteriorating patient safety."
Hunh.
#Unexpected #MedicareForAll
UPDATE: And just when you thought things couldn't get worse under this mess:
"NHS 'backs plans to scrap four-hour A&E maximum waiting target'"
Because it had been working out so well previously. From 2 years ago:
"Nearly a quarter of patients waited longer than four hours at A&E last week with just one hospital hitting its target."
Hey, at least they're admitting that they can't meet their own (rather modest) goals.
[Hat Tip: FoIB Sally Pipes]
UPDATE: And just when you thought things couldn't get worse under this mess:
"NHS 'backs plans to scrap four-hour A&E maximum waiting target'"
Because it had been working out so well previously. From 2 years ago:
"Nearly a quarter of patients waited longer than four hours at A&E last week with just one hospital hitting its target."
Hey, at least they're admitting that they can't meet their own (rather modest) goals.
[Hat Tip: FoIB Sally Pipes]
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