The TTE Week in Numbers (to May 31st)

Here comes the Mountain Lion

3 million

The number of patients waiting three weeks or more to see a GP. Hardly surprising that GP satisfaction has dropped to its lowest level ever recorded. 

However, as previously discussed in TTE, someone is always making a dollar out of healthcare crises. 

4 million  

The Inews reports that the ‘number of people who have gone private to see a GP is approaching four million with almost half of 18 to 24-year-olds opting to pay for an appointment.’ 

At £150 a consult, some GPs are making a dollar or two.

$20 million

Now, talking of money, some folk attract all the good luck.  Melinda Gates' who recently split from Bill, has decided to give $1 billion to initiatives that support women and girls. Now, the two old TTE geezers have no quibbles about what the money is going to. However, former  New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is on the list of recipients, who is about to get $20 million. Being a failed politician and lockdown artist certainly pays well.

230 

The number of animals that …