Kate Garroway-Care at home costs

This country is not “broke” despite what some politicians would have us believe. It is a political choice how money is spent, and the government running a deficit is how the economy works. After the 2nd world war there was a much bigger deficit, and the government managed to invest in people and infrastructure, which led to growth.

National insurance doesn’t fund the NHS.

Bit surprised that ITV1 are repeating KG Derek’s Story tonight 22:45 as it’s already on ITVX ..

Jannipans

In case anyone reads this far - when my dad was in hospital in Cyprus, it was expected that a family member would stay with him (day and night) and provide the necessary "care" - washing, feeding, pillow plumping and, of course, company.
Why not have some small houses or flats on the hospital site where families and the patient can stay but have doctors etc on hand. (could another storey be built on perhaps to facilitate this?) Surely the rental cost would be less than £16k a month - family could be together - doctors and consultants nearby - and the family home could be rented out to cover some of the rental cost if needed. 24/7 care for patient, less worry for family.

Just not realistic. It will only work in countries where families live close to each other and there are a number of otherwise unemployed relatives, either non-workig women or unemployed youngsters who canundertake the work.

In this country where families are scattered and may not live near a sick relative. For someone to give up their job to care for an old sick relative, could cast a family into financial disaster with house repossession, being plunged into extreme poverty children changing schools.

What works in one culture does not work in other cultures,

There is also the question of what equipment might be required - you could not, for instance, have a crash team sufficiently close by, and some patients are continuously being monitored. What Jannipans describes sounds more like an old fashioned convalescent home.