Tuesday, August 18th, 2026, 9:52 am
State and Stats of NHS in 2026
Filed under: Stats pertaining to excess deaths spoke for themselves; wellness is harmed by economic hardships (worse diets), stress, and competition for medical attention among other factors.
think it is fair to say that after 2019 an already-embattled NHS became less available than before. To book an appointment with a GP became hard. It had already been hard for years, but not this hard.
To be clear, I don’t need a GP or specialist or anything, I merely speak for a friend here.
It increasingly seems like people need “connections” or an emergency (or faking an emergency) to secure appointments due to burden on the system and financial stress (privatisation contributes to waste of NHS budget, I covered this before).
As if stands at the moment, the best way to keep healthy is to avoid getting ill (or becoming unwell), in other words prevention, not cures.
For senior people this advice is largely meaningless, even somewhat offensive and potentially a case a of victim-blaming.
