United Kingdom : the NHS is seeking 220 million euros

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Published the 04.09.2017 at 12: 31 am

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The winter comes. This expression, popularized by the tv series Game of Thrones has surpassed the fiction for hospitals in the uk. This warning reveals a sad reality. Without additional financing, the national health service (NHS) will not be able to meet the winter demand, and a growing one.

200 to 350 million pounds are needed to cope with the cold season – either 220 to 380 million euros. If they are not quickly provided, the coming winter could well be the worst in years. The management body of a public institution, NHS Provider, predicted in a report published on 3 September.

The management of the crisis

The financial crisis in the NHS continues to worsen. In February already, the Association of british medics (BMA) felt that the service was at its breaking point. The government of His Majesty has promised, in the following spring, an extension cord of one billion pounds (920 million euros). But that relief never happened, says the report of NHS Providers.

On the field, these insufficient budgets lead to staff while also deficient. “Since August, we are short of 50 young physicians in our rotations,” explains in a press release Nick Hulme, chief executive of the university hospital in Colchester – dependent on the NHS. In the eyes of this manager, meetings management “, have been to turn off the lights to anticipate the winter. “