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Originally Posted by Damien
The Tories have been in power for 12 years now so it is right to hold them to account for their record. They tried to fund it with no capacity for slack as we saw every winter until COVID hit and, when COVID did it, it can't cope anymore. You've got already increasing waiting times even before the pandemic, then the backlog from the pandemic and now the A&E crisis from excess deaths/heart issues stemming from those not seen in time.
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Until expenditure on the NHS rises in real terms (presumably by NI or income tax rises or borrowing), the service won't improve.