Why is it that every time a public service is under pressure, politicians always want to draw more from our pockets?

We all know that the NHS staff played heroic during the pandemic and is now faced with a backlog, including crucial appointments for cancer.

And we appreciate the tireless work of care staff, which unite in a social protection system which must be repaired.

Mais une augmentation de l’assurance nationale – comme prévu pour avril par le gouvernement – ​​n’est pas un moyen durable de résoudre ces deux problèmes.Instead of increasing national insurance, the answer is to make better use of the money we have.

If we want to spend without going in the pockets of the poor to pay, we must first save money.

How to finance social care properly is a question that most politicians have dodged.Indeed, with more people living longer, costs increase.

But the current model - tax increases to cover costs - only hides the cracks.

So how can the government save this money on what it already spends?

Here, I highlight the areas where costs could be saved...

Invest in automation

Improve the use of technology can help.

Our research - supported by former health secretary Matt Hancock - has shown that she could free up time for staff to focus on patient care and save billions in the process.

Estimates suggest that funding of 12 billion pounds sterling that the government plans to inject with the rise in national insurance could be found thanks to increased automation of services, that is to say robots.

This can range from appointment and management tasks to the processing of prescriptions, which frees time for individual care.Pathology costs alone could be reduced by 1.1 billion pounds sterling per year.

There may be initial costs, but the longer term savings would compensate them.

Savings 12 billion pounds sterling

Master extravagance

From the purchase of elegant dyson fans in many NHS trustees to £ 5,000 on a whirlpool from a personal health budget issued by the NHS North Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group, the NHS wasted moneyOn dubious purchases.

The Taxpayers Alliance discovered other prodigals, in particular the £ 579 spent by NHS Norfolk and Waveney CCG on a PlayStation 4 with VR package.

And the £ 3,000 of the NHS West Sussex CCG for membership in the National Trust, Merlin Pass and a Chelsea subscription.

There is more...A company belonging to the university hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Trust lost £ 360,000 when a music festival featuring Rita Ora and Rudimental - planned as a fundraising - has been canceled.

Seconomies £ 360,000+

Scaling test and trace

An amazing amount of 37 billion pounds sterling was allocated to the test and traceability program over two years.

This is broken down into 22 billion pounds sterling for 2020-21 and 15 billion sterling books for 2021-2222.

Exorbitant sums, with billions distributed to private entrepreneurs and consultants.

The central objective of the test and traceability system was to prevent blockages and, by this measure, it failed.

Savings up to 15 billion pounds sterling

Prix ​​juste pour l’essentiel

In its 2016 NHS productivity report, Lord Carter discovered that in a sample of 22 trustee covering approximately 16 % of NHS expenses, in a single year, they used 30,000 suppliers and 20,000 brands of different products.

En conséquence, les prix variaient énormément – ​​certains articles, tels que les rouleaux de papier toilette, coûtant presque deux fois plus cher selon la personne à qui ils étaient achetés.

Lord Carter suggested that a smarter supply strategy could save 700 million pounds sterling.

Savings 700 million pounds sterling

End health tourism

Health tourism - where foreign patients use NHS services free of charge when they are not entitled - costs the government for millions each year.

In 2013, a historic government report estimated this figure at 388 million pounds sterling per year - with only around 16% recovered.

Our own research in 2020 reveals that unpaid invoices for foreign patients are still 55 million pounds sterling.

Savings 55 million pounds sterling

Selection agency and outdoor staff

The NHS is a huge agency staff employer, often at swollen prices.

A August 2018 report showed that the NHS could release 480 million pounds sterling to reinvest in services by reducing temporary workers.

Savings 480 million pounds sterling

Reduce quant

Our research shows that the reduction in the number of NHS Quangs from 19 to seven could save more than 750 million pounds sterling.Reducing the number of quangs requiring management, care and communications could save 40 million additional sterling books per year.

Savings 790 million pounds sterling

Stop missing appointments

We can also do their share-missed appointments (assuming you can get one) cost hundreds of millions a year at the NHS.

If you think your general practitioner sends too much recall sms, remember that he is actually trying to save taxpayers money by bringing people in time.

In 2018, the cost for the taxpayer of non-presentations was 350 million pounds sterling.

Savings 350 million pounds sterling