On from the previous thread about the state of the ambulance service and hospitals. A lot of the "blame" placed on social care. I work in social care and agree it has been dire and the poor relation for years. But ultimately, what is the problem with funding these services? (And also things like education, housing etc).
I feel like I pay a reasonable amount of tax, NI and council tax. I don't think I currently take much out of the system, although may do in future. Is there actually enough money in to pay for what's needed?
Can we, as a society, afford the complex care needed with an ageing population? Is the NHS bringing about it's downfall by actually being very good at keeping people alive with complex needs? Are some people expecting too much, such as long term individualised care at home rather than in a care home? Or fighting over getting certain funding with multiple complaints and appeals for something they can pay for themselves? Is there too much paperwork and waste? Half the paperwork seems to be to cover our own backs. Are middle managers just crap? (I am a middle manager!). Is money wasted on stupid jobs and "woke" training?
Or is there plenty of money but it's being siphoned off into shit contracts (PPE etc), but other examples? Are the Tories deliberately underfunding to create a private system?
Do you think we actually pay in enough to get everything we be all want?