Ɖ Gardịn vy on ɖ NHS: set p t fel bî biyñ unḍrizorst t mīt dmand
(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 15 Nov. 2022)
It z a simtm v ɖ sośl-cer crîsis ɖt hospitlz fînd it so hard t disćarj ppl hu r wel inuf t līv
Tyzde 15 Nvmbr 2022
Ɖ NHS n sośl-cer sistmz nīd mor muni. F ɖr z enʈñ els ɖt ɖe nīd az mć, it z oṇsti fṛm ɖ guvnmnt. Post-Covid, ɖ YC’z hlʈsistmz r in a periḷsli frajîl stet. Az anaḷsis bî ɖ Gardịn śoud ɖs wīc, logjamz crietd bî dleid dsćarjz apir t b gtñ wrs. An aṿrij v 13,600 hospitlbedz in Ñgḷnd r okpaid bî peśnts wɖ nẃr els t g. Az wel az mcñ ny admiśnz imposbl, uņessṛli loñ stez cn mc it hardr fr ppl t rgen ɖer indipndns aftr līvñ. So far, a £500m imrjnsifund promist bî ministrz t īz ɖ preśr hz feld t mtirịlîz.
It z a simtm v ɖ sośl-cer crîsis ɖt hospitlz fînd it so hard t disćarj ppl hu r wel inuf t līv. Last yir, Jeṛmi Hunt, ɖen ćer v parḷmnt’s hlʈ-n-cer cmiti, sd sośl cer nīdd £7bn ańli, nt ɖ £1.7bn ovr ʈri yirz ɖt ministrz promist. Cronic wrcfors śorṭjz in ɖ sectr, ẃć r linct t fundñ śortfōlz n inadiqt pe, r wn rīzn ẃ sośl-cer cpaṣti lagz so far bhnd dmand – līdñ t blocjz ʈrt ɖ hlʈsistm. Cuṛntli ɖr r an esṭmetd 165,000 sośl-cer vec̣nsiz, aftr 50,000 stāf qit last yir.
In ɖ NHS tù, vec̣nsiz hv roc̣td, wɖ olmst wn in 10 posts unfild. At a tîm ẃn dmand hz nvr bn hayr, ɖs sićueśn z unteṇbl n crietñ ny riscs az peśnts strugl t axes apôntmnts n trītmnts ẃl stāfmrāl z unḍmaind. Ɖ wêtñlist nǎ standz at 7.1 miłn ppl in Ñgḷnd, wɖ olmst 2 miłn mor acrs Norɖn Îrḷnd, Scotḷnd n Wêlz. Ɖs z ɖ longist evr, n 60% hayr ɖn bfr ɖ pandemic. Dlez hv bn linct t 30,000 xes deʈs involvñ hartdziz alon.
Mr Hunt wz bròt in az hlʈsecṛtri t clīn p ɖ mes left bî hiz prīdisesr, Andru Lanzli – n wnt on t prizîd ovr dclîn v a difṛnt sort. Btwn 2010 n 2015, ɖ NHS bujit grù bî 0.9% a yir on aṿrij, an unpresdntd sqīz ẃn rîzz v arnd 4% wr nīdd t cīp pes wɖ deṃgrafic ćenjz az wel az advansz in trītmnt n tecnoḷji.
Undr T’rīza Me, fundñ incrist. Bt ɖ inorṃs brdn plest on ɖ NHS bî ɖ pandemic sins 2020, cmbînd wɖ loñ-trm fełrz in wrcfors planñ, mīn ɖt ɖ oṿol sićueśn hz dṛmaticli wrsnd. Mr Hunt nz ɖs betr ɖn most v hiz colīgz. Az ćanslr, h mst spīc plenli abt ɖ sîz v ɖ ćalinj n hǎ ɖ guvnmnt planz t mīt it. Ɖs includz drîvñ ʈru pṛpozlz fr a wrcfors straṭji wɖ ɖ hlʈsecṛtri, Stīv Barcli, az wel az fundñ incrisz.
Mr Barcli n Riśi Sūnac hv bʈ bn ćalinjd bî membrz v ɖ public ovr ɖ stet ɖt hlʈsrṿsz r in. Bî axptñ £400,000 t apir on ITV’z I’m a S’lebṛti … Gt M Ǎt v Hir! bérli a munʈ aftr ɖ Covid-19 public inqîri opnd, ɖ formr hlʈsecṛtri Mát Hancoc hz dspleid xpśnl crasnis. Hvr, ɖ cuṛnt probḷmz wr nt cōzd bî eni wn indivijl – bt bî 12 yirz v Cnsrṿtiv guvnmnt. Hlʈ n cer srṿsz hv bn set p t fel bî biyñ unḍiqipt t mīt rîzñ dmand. Ɖs crîsis z nt gwñ t b fixt oṿnît, n cd gt wrs bfr it gts betr. Bt a dos v riylizm fṛm ɖ ćanslr wd b hlpfl.
