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I want to add some extra data for other people. The UK has an aging population. Old people need more healthcare spending.

If we adjust the data for age and demographic changes, then we can see spending was reduced between 2010 and 2021.

https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/the-past-present-...

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It is pretty blatant dishonesty to call it defunded or reduced spending though, as much as some ideologues like to claim it is.

The people doing the defunding say that it's defunding. They're proud of it. They wrote a manifesto saying they were going to do it, and then they did it.

It's pretty blatant dishonesty to say that healthcare hasn't been defunded, and then only focus on NHS provision of healthcare while ignoring public health, social care, nursing care, etc.

> The people doing the defunding say that it's defunding. They're proud of it. They wrote a manifesto saying they were going to do it, and then they did it.

Oh? Do what, fund the health system at almost record levels?

> It's pretty blatant dishonesty to say that healthcare hasn't been defunded, and then only focus on NHS provision of healthcare while ignoring public health, social care, nursing care, etc.

It would be if someone had done that. Incidentally, are you saying that NHS has not been defunded? You wouldn't be very popular with said ideologues either then.

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