Making the cut

Since Labour came to power in 1997, the spend on the NHS has more than doubled, yet patient waiting lists have not demonstrably reduced nor have services improved. In fact the cleanliness of NHS hospitals appears to be worse than ever before with reported cases of MRSA in recent years. The system has failed to respond to this huge injection of cash, almost no extra patients have been treated, with some million people remaining on waiting lists. This compares to the health systems of Germany, France and Belgium, where patients are not faced with the same delays. For example, UK cancer s...