Spending has fallen significantly behind what is required to maintain the position in 2010.
Added to which the pensions disaster has meant consultants do less overtime as they end up with 5 figure tax bills for breaching Osborne's limits.
When I started around the turn of the millennium, the NHS was is a shocking state - 2year waits for hip replacements were not unusual - Labour started spending a lot more in their second term (~6%/yr increase iirc) and by 2007 it had become an awful lot better - a few weeks was typical for referral-to-appointment for most specialties.
The population is getting older and more morbid, and in addition is living a damn sight longer with ill health - increasing health spending by inflation plus a couple of percent will mean the service stands still at best.
We're a bit behind most of our neighbours with similar GDPs
data.oecd.org/chart/5Mvk
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