hang on Ashton ... the lack of funding went back a couple of decades and more! in 1997 there were 198, 848 beds in the UK come 2010 the number was 158, 800 ! SINCE 2010 the number of beds has risen to 162,700 modern medicine and care etc meaning over past 10 -15 years has meant for shorter stays and greater volumn. But population has increased, and by an extra / from over 5 million migrants since 1997.Imagine how good the vaccine roll out would have been if there wasn’t around 10k vacancies in the NHS due to 10 yrs of Tory underfunding , it has been good despite Boris not because of him.
However population 1997 was 58m 2010 was 63m now is 68m so bear in mind [ a higher number % of non UK persons est at 6.6m since 1997 use hospitals it is by no means easy to say "if there wasn’t around 10k vacancies in the NHS due to 10 yrs of Tory underfunding" It started with Tony Bliar!!!!.....
few notes......
births in 2010 [ England & Wales ] by mothers country of birth top 11 were:-
UK ..... 539364 ..... POLAND 20495 ..... PAKISTAN ..... INDIA 14892 ..... BANGLADESH 8371 .....
NIGERIA 7476 SOMALI 5654 ..... GERMANY 5108 ..... South AFRICA 4430 ..... LITHUANIA 3788 ..... CHINA 3611
There were 10 more countries over 2500 and a further 62344 births non UK mother... total .. 726622 non UK = 25.8%
2020 434,020 born to UK born mothers & 179,881 to non UK ... total ...........613901 non UK = 29.31% ........ top 10 were PAKISTAN ..... ROMANIA from 14th ..... POLAND ..... INDIA ....
BANGLADESH ..... NIGERIA ..... SOMALIA ..... AFGHANISTAN from 11th ..... GHANA from 12th ..... GERMANY .........
I have been to that fantastic hospital GOSH loads of times usually around 8pm ish and visitors are leaving ... I would say, without malice 70 - 75% were non white, from Asia or Africa. unfortunately they do seem to be more prone to serious malfunctions of the body? It is amazing how many peeps from Asia and Africa make such good health staff ...Doctors nurses etc ..
