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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
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Part of the problem though is that huge issues are down to understaffing, and they currently simply can't train them fast enough. The lower bands (1 - 4) are less of an issue as they don't have registration requirements, but nurses/doctors/other health professionals at Band 5+ have some major staffing problems... and thanks to good old Brexit we can't attract as many professionals from abroad as we used to. EU staff for actual practical reasons (it's just not as simple or easy as it once was so it isn't an attractive prospect) and staff from elsewhere because, to be blunt, the certain members of the public have been emboldened in being increasingly hostile towards "staff with funny accents". It's a nationalistic xenophobia rather than "simple" racism too; these people tend to have no problem with a black nurse from Manchester or an Asian nurse with a London accent... it's purely down to them being "not from here".
tl;dr All of the money in the world isn't going to fix the staffing problem any time soon. Even if they funnel it all into making salaries more attractive and shovel some of it at Universities to increase training places... you're still talking realistically 5 - 10 years before you actually have increased numbers of fully trained staff in place.
We scared away half the workforce. We had large numbers of EU nurses. They understandably went home.
The problems facing health & social care are multi-layered, and the idea that "if we throw more money, that'll fix it!" is extremely Tory thinking isn't it. More funding will always HELP, of course, but the issues run deeper than underfunding.
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Really strong post there TS.
I hope social care however doesn't remain another political football.
The effort should be that whatever is put in place is the result of full involved consultation and agreement with other Parties and all relevant care organisations too.
Where there would be universal agreement on a policy by all with just the intention of supporting it once implemented and not keep reforming as with the wider NHS.
That's not going to be the case as he's off to do it his way or no way it seems.
Any increases of tax and NI, for this purpose, it has to be made transparent, that all the funding is for the NHS and social care practical purposes, not on just office matters.
However as TS points out, recruitment is the big issue which will mean now with this particular government's more solid anti EU stance,even now we're out.
That yes, 5 to 10 years down the line, even with the increases of tax and/or NI, little can likely change before that significantly.
I've no problem with him breaking an election manifesto pledge to really do something as to social care and the NHS.
However, any cosmetic ONLY policy will soon be seen through and even with increased revenue, more concerning issues could arise.
As TS stated, part of the bigger problem is understaffing, across the NHS and in the wider care sector too.
That needs a really good, solid and strong policy to even begin to start to address.
Which is why this should be an ALL party policy, not just from the government in office at present, possibly only causing more issues and setting up further future problems.
