Reply #27: Our National health System is creaking at the seams [View All]

[dipsydoodle]

In actual fact there were always charges for dental work even under NHS treatment - the cost was only subsidised by the NHS. Cosmetic treatment of any description was always a no no.

As time moves on we're more likely to get less rather than more in terms of any type of medical treatment and certainly longer waiting times - those being the current issue. The system is funded by tax payments over and above normal income tax - in round terms 25% of wages above £5000 paid in combination between employer and employee, close on 50/50 , and that covers state pensions too. However - the gross funds finance the current situation at any given point in time. So - as our unemployment level rises there are less receipts. And - you can bet your life that our level of immigration will increasingly become an issue especially those freeloading on the system. You've got your social security numbers and we got our NH numbers which are used mainly to identify us for tax purposes etc. We have also got our NHS numbers issued at birth and I've noticed that increasingly those numbers whihc have lain dormant since the year dot are now being requested to ensure the right to NHS treatment - I had to dig mine out for some free physio last year.