In real terms the amount the UK spends on healthcare has risen from £500 in 1970 to £3,000 per person today. That’s a massive increase, but the payback has been that we are living 10 years longer. Ask people if they would be prepared to spend 10% of their income to live ten years longer, most would say yes. Yet we have a real problem in having the gover…
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The self-induced healthcare trap
Healthcare funding is struggling because of the continued assumption that governments spend money and don't create it.
Jul 12, 2025
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