RESTORATION OF THE NHS
In 2017 I wrote an article that suggested the NHS could make annual savings of over £50 billion by promoting healthcare. With inflation, today the figure would be substantially higher. I have reprinted the article below. I would be happy to give my assumptions underpinning these forecasts and discuss any challenges. Even if my forecasts are 50% too high, the financial and manpower savings would still be a great help to a struggling, overburdened system.

NHS potential savings if we promoted real health care could be up to £28 billion pa!

Asthma £1 billion pa.                                                                                  Potential saving. 50%. £0.5 billion (1)
Hypertension. £2 billion pa.                                                                    Potential saving. 25%. £0.5 billion. (2)
Diabetes. £18 billion pa.                                                                            Potential saving. 50%. £9.0 billion. (3)
Heart disease & strokes £30 billion pa.                                              Potential saving. 50% £15.0 billion. (4)
Musculoskeletal problems £1 billion pa.                                            Potential saving. 25%. £0.5 billion. (5)
Obesity £5 billion pa.                                                                                 Potential saving. 50%. £2.5 billion. (6)
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Total potential saving to the NHS of better patient education & lifestyle.                                    £28 billion pa.
Potential saving from management and efficiency 20 % of £116 billion pa.                   £23 billion pa.(7)

Full potential savings from better management and patient education.                  Over £50 billion pa.

Note:
1. Requires asthma nurses to train asthmatics to improve breathing as demonstrated by the Buteyko or Papworth Methods. Clinically proven to reduce the need for medication by up to 90%, improve QOL, minimize asthma attacks, and minimize hospital and doctor visits.
2. A combination of stress reduction with breath training and dietary & lifestyle changes could produce this saving.
3. The evidence has been given that there are very positive responses to diet and lifestyle changes, up to 50% reduction in the need for insulin for Type 1 diabetes and often total elimination of medication for type 2 diabetes.
4. Heart disease and strokes have been shown to respond to dietary changes, eliminating over 90 % of these conditions.
5. Best practice osteopathic treatment can produce this saving by reducing the regular need for analgesics, anti-inflammatory drugs, and expensive often ineffective physiotherapy.
6. Simple dietary and minor lifestyle changes can eliminate 90% of obesity.
7. This estimate is based on my experience in the commercial industry sector with Hawker Siddely Group in the 1970s using efficiency measures and improving management and O & M, this saving was made in private industrial companies already operating efficiently.

If any Government departments are interested in the research supporting the above I would be delighted to provide such for their consideration. I live in hope!
Michael Lingard BSc(Econ) Hons. DO.