underinvestment

[Rjk]

is there any aspect of public services or infrastructure that isn't currently suffering from years of chronic underinvestment?

some clear examples in this tweet, but there are many other areas as well

https://twitter.com/ndrlee/status/1564885180422176771?t=pJprVkzNxnoEmm9KoM6cuQ&s=19

our water system/ sewage
gas storage
transport
NHS

[TWGL1]

Re: underinvestment

is there any aspect of public services or infrastructure that isn't currently suffering from years of chronic underinvestment?

some clear examples in this tweet, but there are many other areas as well

https://twitter.com/ndrlee/status/1564885180422176771?t=pJprVkzNxnoEmm9KoM6cuQ&s=19

our water system/ sewage
gas storage
transport
NHS

I don’t think you can say the NHS is underfunded :hehe:

One days NHS expenditure equates to approximately £474m

[Rjk]

Re: underinvestment

I don’t think you can say the NHS is underfunded :hehe:

One days NHS expenditure equates to approximately £474m

how much do you think it should be spending a day?

[TWGL1]

Re: underinvestment

how much do you think it should be spending a day?

Not sure I’m qualified to answer that question, however, do you think that’s good value ?

To put it into context The NHS spends Russia’s entirely military budget once every 100 days.

If the NHS was a military, it would have the 3rd highest funding in the world, only surpassed by the US and China’s militaries.

It has to get a grip.
Abolish Trusts.
Create Area Management Headquarters.
Say 20 Hospitals.

[JamesWales]

Re: underinvestment

is there any aspect of public services or infrastructure that isn't currently suffering from years of chronic underinvestment?

some clear examples in this tweet, but there are many other areas as well

https://twitter.com/ndrlee/status/1564885180422176771?t=pJprVkzNxnoEmm9KoM6cuQ&s=19

our water system/ sewage
gas storage
transport
NHS

The problem I have with tweets and analysis like this, is that he's decided his conclusion and then cherry picked a few examples to 'prove' it.

So in a discussion about investment he mentions home insulation, R&D, Education Spending, Business Investment, NHS IT (a bit specific) and then asks what he has missed.

Well, off the top of my head; road insfrastructure, cycling infrastructure, off shore wind, solar, parks and green spaces, housing, the military, the NHS more widely, new school buildings, universities, LNG terminals, airports etc etc etc.

Now I'm not saying the conclusion would necessarily change, but it may do; we've invested a hell of a lot in wind. Things would be worse without that. Cycling infrastructure is transporming how we get about cities, and the NHS has never seen such rapid rises in expenditure.

So whilst, after a global recession, a pandemic and a war in Europe he may well be right, I suspect the reality is far less black and white.

[Wales-Bales]

Re: underinvestment

is there any aspect of public services or infrastructure that isn't currently suffering from years of chronic underinvestment?

some clear examples in this tweet, but there are many other areas as well

https://twitter.com/ndrlee/status/1564885180422176771?t=pJprVkzNxnoEmm9KoM6cuQ&s=19

our water system/ sewage
gas storage
transport
NHS

Mate, they've been planning this great reset for years, so they are not going to start investing now! The way to ruin a country is through lack of investment, high energy costs, and rampant inflation.