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Change alone would not make much of a difference. It’s definitely mainly a funding issue. But some change is necessary, particularly where the tech side is involved (lack of record sharing, old systems vulnerable to ransomeware attacks etc).

>> One can be concerned about both.

I didn’t say that you couldn’t. But by voting for the current day Tory’s you are choosing to decimate the health system and waste money on sending Refugees to Rwanda. It’s idiotic to prioritise that over the NHS.

All restrictions ended in April I think. And prior to that the last “lockdown” was first half of 2021 when we were hit with Delta mid-vaccination campaign.

People were repeatedly told to seek treatment when they needed it and not to be put off from going to A&E. It was a pretty regular topic on the daily press conferences.

Covid is one aspect of this. Another is the massive. underfunding of the NHS over the last decade. This has become much more evident post-covid thanks to the backlogs.

- Getting a GP to see you in person is now quite difficult (they want to do everything via phone). - Seeing your GP (depending on your area) can involve a 2-3 week wait and waiting in an hours long phone queue. - When you are referred to hospital for tests you can be waiting 6-12 months for the most simple things if they’re not life threatening (even if they are life limiting in the meantime).

I personally have gotten to the point where I would not want to live in this country without access to private healthcare. I’ve had a number of treatments privately and they’ve saved me months of pain, anxiety, and in one case outright refusal for treatment by the NHS until the issue became dangerous (which was inevitable).

In the UK we treat the NHS like a sacred cow. Even people who have experienced appalling treatment feel the need to exonerate the NHS when complaining about their experience. While the people that work there are not the problem (the failures of the government are) we need to start calling a spade a spade. The current condition of the NHS is atrocious. It’s not “great/the best health system in the world” and we’re no longer “so lucky to live here with the NHS”. It’s shit and it needs massive changes. Unfortunately without a change in government we’re not going to get those and people are seemingly more concerned about refugees arriving by dinghy than health care.