A better funded NHS might result in a better service but that is only if the reason for the poor service is lack of funding but that isn't always the case. It may well be the reason for long waiting times but that has nothing to do with the actual service.The better funded the NHS the better the service. ‘Reforming the NHS’ is usually just code for ‘can we get a better service by spending less money’ and the answer is no. Any reforms that improve the service will cost more money.
The answer is always more money. The NHS is also under managed, but people get outraged at the idea of paying money to administer the NHS properly. People on the whole are very stupid and there is no cure for that.
My mum was seen within 2-3 weeks of her cancer diagnosis, her treatment was just as quick but her experiences after that have been poor. Earlier in the year she unfortunately had a stroke which has meant she needed to learn to walk again, the care has been okay but the administrative side in sorting everything out has been abysmal. We've basically had PALS on speed dial over the last year.
Nothing sums it up more than receiving an appointment letter 2 days after the appointment. The worst part of it recently has come from the jokers who run the local authorities. The shear amount of comical red tape just to arrange her ongoing care is completely mad.
We wouldn't even arrange for a wheelchair ramp for her house because of the shear amount of assessments needed and no doubt risk assessments for the risk assessor, proof from the ward that yes she had a stroke and can't walk etc etc...... So we just bought our own ramp ourselves, it's comical.
You can't blame this all on funding and then call anyone who questions it as stupid, it's just lazy.