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The original was posted on /r/newzealand by /u/OrionsChainsaw on 2024-09-17 09:14:15+00:00.

In summary, this was an independent investigation into the state of the NHS, with the report published last week.

It concludes that over a decade of austerity and government imposed “deficits” in health spending through underfunding has led to deteriorating health outcomes compared to other nations, crumbling infrastructure, reduced productivity, ballooning waitlists for hospital and GP care, and spiraling staff morale and workforce shortages.

Hospitals and community services were made to search desperately for “savings” to plug gaps caused by “unrealistically low” government spending (spun as health service deficits or overspends by the UK conservative government). The result has been a serious decline in the public healthcare system.

Some of this may sound eerily familiar. One would hope that a government interested in following the evidence might pay attention to this and reconsider some recent policy decisions, but somehow I have my doubts.