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One problem is that if it's you or your child/parent/friend that needs something the party promising to deliver that (soonest) may get your vote even if long term it's less good.

The NHS would swallow even all the Labour extra funding and still need more for something. The clinical/technical (even facility) staff do work hard and often efficiently but the finance/managerial side and other sheer wastage is incredible. Not helped by models that promote good workers to management where they may not be best suited.
Some of the wastage is being tied to inefficient supply contracts and the like that may be negotiated nationally that could be done better locally. (This would be non-clinical type stuff, that does need all sorts of checks.)