NHS funding is an issue that’s rarely out of the headlines these days, and any good medical student should have a basic understanding of the issues at play, it’s always good interview fodder if nothing else. The NHS is operating on a deficit of over £2 billion, and has a budget of over £100 billion. That gap in funding leads to all sorts of issues; doctors and nurses have to work longer hours to fill in gaps in rotas and potentially putting patients at risk, there’s a shortage of qualified professionals, and the incentive to enter the industry is being destroyed thanks to the scrapping of various grants that used to be available. Those grants are being scrapped, and salaries are being frozen in order to reduce the operating loss of the NHS.
Sep 2021. The NHS and the Funding Problem
