Nurses: The NHS is at breaking point

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38586415

Personally, I think it's wrong that we are overworking such crucial members of our society. Whats the answer? Replace all our nurses with foreign agency workers who won't complain?

I know there is sever mismanagement of funds within the NHS, and we may not even see it fixed within our lifetimes, so what is a short term solution. I doubt it's just putting more money into it is it?

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Yeah, seems to be it. Maybe fixing the social care problem (one of the nurses talked about bed blocking) is a better option.

Also, why is private healthcare taxed as a BIK? surely if someone takes themself out of the NHS system (for the most part) they shouldnt be penalised for it further.

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amgmcqueen said:

That's what two decades of mass uncontrolled immigration does for you....

Barring health tourism, aren't immigrants generally younger, and of working age? Probably aren't as much of a burden on the NHS as our own population.

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Lozw86 said:

There are thousands of European doctors and nurses working in the NHS

A third of doctors and 21% of nurses born abroad

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/12071030/Mo...

That probably doesn't count doctors born in the UK to immigrant parents, so the ratio is bound to be much higher.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/11/nhs-rec...

And YOU'RE paying for it!