How bad does the NHS crisis need to get?

How bad does the NHS crisis need to get? Sam Freedman takes a closer look at the NHS crisis.

Back in January, at the peak of the 2022/23 winter crisis, I wrote a post on my Substack1 asking “whether the NHS is in a death spiral”? It was gloomy. I didn’t see much evidence that the government had grasped the severity of the situation or were focusing on the right levers.

I’m not feeling any less gloomy now. If anything this year is going worse than I expected. The Institute for Government

See also:

• The overall NHS waiting list continues to rise Full Fact