I think the line that the NHS needs to make efficiency savings is a bit of a red herring. Yes, it's possible to find areas where money is wasted, but I could probably wander into any random office and discover things being done inefficiently and at a higher cost than they need to be.
The seemingly constant picture being painted of the NHS burning money in a giant hole needs to die, because it's preventing actual discussion about funding from taking place.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_health_expenditure_per_capita
We point at other European countries and ask "why is their healthcare better?", well a large part of it is that they spend more.
The seemingly constant picture being painted of the NHS burning money in a giant hole needs to die, because it's preventing actual discussion about funding from taking place.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_health_expenditure_per_capita
We point at other European countries and ask "why is their healthcare better?", well a large part of it is that they spend more.