23. Investment in the NHS
By 2008, investment in the National Health Service will have trebled since 1997.
Research by social policy think tank Civitas says that despite a doubling of funding in real terms from £44.9 billion in 2000 to £76.4 billion last year, the estra spending has been "largely wasted", and "service improvement has in too many areas resembled a country stroll". There has been an "abysmal performance" in tackling public health, in particular obesity, which has risen by 500 per cent since 1980. The report also warns of "serious shortcomings" in mental health and stroke care – the UK is the only developed country in the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) where mortality rates for strokes have not improved since 1999. Staff are being laid off, and deficits are at an all time high (£1.07bn for 2005-2006 ). If Labour investment in the NHS is so great, why did a leaked email from Sir Liam Donaldson, the chief medical officer, order officials to impose an 'embargo' on new investment?
Research by social policy think tank Civitas says that despite a doubling of funding in real terms from £44.9 billion in 2000 to £76.4 billion last year, the estra spending has been "largely wasted", and "service improvement has in too many areas resembled a country stroll". There has been an "abysmal performance" in tackling public health, in particular obesity, which has risen by 500 per cent since 1980. The report also warns of "serious shortcomings" in mental health and stroke care – the UK is the only developed country in the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) where mortality rates for strokes have not improved since 1999. Staff are being laid off, and deficits are at an all time high (£1.07bn for 2005-2006 ). If Labour investment in the NHS is so great, why did a leaked email from Sir Liam Donaldson, the chief medical officer, order officials to impose an 'embargo' on new investment?
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