It would be helpful if, as we have discussed previously across other threads, the UK focussed on preventing admission rather than focussing on treatment.
A huge push around healthy living, healthy eating, cheaper access to health facilities etc would all massively benefit the country.
But too often we focus attention on trying to mop up spilled water rather turning off the tap.
I agree and have been pushing for this for a number of years. I'm hopeful that one outcome of the pandemic is that people, medics, and officials become accustomed to not only monitoring our health via apps and so on, but quickly learn how to integrate the data generated from these into the medical records of the patient and the workflow of the health staff.
Without the crisis, I fear that the NHS would have stumbled on, year after year, without ever really changing, but we've already seen tremendous change happening in a few weeks when the enormous need overcame the willingness to erect hurdles. At optimistic moments I like to think the NHS will use that as a catalyst to become the preventative service you mention.
