The Tories are using the NHS as a scapegoat for their failures

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The NHS has been starved by a decade of Tory austerity, some of which was on Javid’s watch (PA Wire)

Sajid Javid’s claims that the NHS is “unsustainable” and needs “fundamental change” sounds suspiciously like scapegoating. The NHS has been starved of investment and funding over a decade of Tory austerity, some of which was on Javid’s watch, while he acted as health secretary and chancellor.

John Rentoul’s recent piece in The Independent suggests that further reform might be required, but any new reforms must be conditional on an unequivocal commitment to raise year-on-year funding in line with demographic and demand increases.

They would also have to reverse the deep cuts to public health and social care which are critical to preventing greater reliance on more expensive health interventions