Think about the problem
My house has a conservatory. When it rains it leaks. I can use a bucket to catch the water and when it fills I can always get a bigger bucket. I could of course look up at the roof and move the panels about to stop the leak. I could even go up and fix the overflowing gutter.
Of course the NHS would buy a bigger bucket- secondary care. We need to look to the root of the issue and fix the self care agenda - the leaky gutter.
Each of those areas can only improve if the knowledge and skills moves up, towards the problem. The bucket minders need to fix the roof, the roofers need to fix the gutter. It's possible while we're changing the system that the rain will feel wetter than standing watching the bucket fill.
We either do it or keep buying buckets - but we have no money.
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