“I’m a consultant physician working as a doctor in the NHS in Yorkshire and Wales for 32 years now. I have experienced the NHS at its best (2008) and its worst (2022).
“Over at least the past 15 years, we have seen a relentless increase in demand, both in primary care and in hospital care.
“This has been absolutely predictable by social statisticians for decades and is based on the fact that our elderly are surviving much longer.
“Our elderly use a very large percentage of NHS of resources, unsurprisingly because they are more prone to disease, frailty, and dementia. They need more social care and hospital care as they get older. And they are living longer.“
source: express.co.uk