Coronavirus

[Muddy Retriever]

And I have not touched on the years of underfunding of the NHS, of the Care sector, and of the people, particularly the nurses, that work in them.

South Korea spends about 8% of its GDP on health while we spend just under 10%. Who has performed better?

It’s s not just how much you spend but how you spend it. South Korea got it right from an early stage by testing and tracing. We didn’t. Look closer to home and the poster boy for Western Europe is Germany, who have tested many times the number in the UK. Their health system is decentralised unlike ours and unlike us they have utilised private sector labs.

Public Health England has rebuffed numerous offers of help from private sector labs. Why is this Mike? Is it ideology? I really hope not.