NHS dubbed inefficient by Tories has seen productivity grow at twice rate of wider economy

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'This certainly gives the lie to the idea that the health service is some sort of backwater of inefficiency missing out on progress – it appears quite the opposite'

“We acknowledge that there are pressures on the health service, there are always extra pressures on the NHS in the winter, but we have the added pressures of the ageing population and the growing complex needs of the population,” Theresa May has said. Waits of over 12 hours in A&E among elderly people have more than doubled in two years, according to figures from NHS Digital.

 

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It's still National Hell Service.

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Tories certainly know how to be inefficient. 3 year not doing Brexit. No trains. Food banks. Homeless. Welcome Trump. Great efficient party .

I'm not surprised to hear that the NHS is a fantastic organsisation which does an increadable job. Even if some Tories don't like it.

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