NHS crisis: Why is Britain's health service falling apart? | CNN

"When the Labour government came in in 1997, they injected considerably more money into the NHS. It enabled us to appoint an adequate number of staff and get on top of our waiting lists," Neville told CNN. But this level of investment did not last. In response to the 2007-2008 financial crisis, the Conservatives elected in the coalition government in 2010 embarked on a program of austerity. Budgets were cut and staff salaries frozen. For Neville, the ensuing decade saw a gradual "erosion" of the system: "Slow, subtle, but nonetheless happening."…

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