Yeah, Brexit is a factor, but it's also one of many and it's important we tackle all of them. The private finance initiative (PFI) in the early 00s, is another[0]. Our government's lack of funding is also another ("The UK has spent around 20 per cent less per person on health each year than similar European countries over the past decade")[1]. Privatisation has been linked to not treating otherwise treatable deaths[2], so that's likely another. Then there's unwillingness and delay in many areas, to tackling air quality by reducing local pollution from car wheel breakage (linked to bad health)[3] by building more cycling infrastructure so that people don't have to be afraid of getting hit by a car[4] (and actually end up cycling). And disincentivising unhealthy diets[5] that are linked to hospital admissions, and amusingly urban planning like more cycling lanes can help people exercise without even really thinking about it like people already do in the Netherlands.[0] https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/12/nhs-hospita...
[1] https://archive.ph/UDtZo/again?url=https://www.ft.com/conten...
[2] https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/nhs-privatisation-health-so...
[3] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/health-matters-ai...
[4] https://usa.streetsblog.org/2019/05/29/protect-yourself-sepa...
[5] https://digital.nhs.uk/news/2021/one-million-admissions-link...
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