Our Deteriorating a&E Scots Public Deserve More for Increased Investment
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WHO can cure the ills of the NHS in Scotland? If money alone could buy a better service, patients would be enjoying one of the most modern and efficient public health services in the world by now. Unprecedented levels of investment have resulted in an annual budget of GBP9bn (GBP10.3bn next year) for a customer base of five million people. Per capita spending is around 14-per cent higher than in England. The service employs nearly 150,000 staff. In any private business such investment would be expected to generate markedly higher levels of productivity and profit. If it did not, the shareholders would be jumping up and down.
Yet once again today, we report a deteriorating performance. In this instance it is the news that the typical waiting time in the country's accident and emergency departments is getting longer. In a small number of cases, these waits are scandalously long. Ironically, the longest turnaround times were in Lanarkshire, where the community is conducting a vociferous campaign to halt plans to downgrade A&E provision.See the full content of this document
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Our Deteriorating a&E Scots Public Deserve More for Increased Investment
The Scottish Executive claims almost 90-per cent of patients are seen, treated and discharged or admitted within their target tim...
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