Quote Originally Posted by The Bedlington Terrier View Post

Perhaps if the Tories had not undergone their full blown austerity package over the last decade the NHS would be better prepared to handle these global "pandemics"?
Seeing as spending on the NHS was ring-fenced in the first Coalition budget in 2010, and has actually increased year on year under both the Coalition and the Tories, the question is sort of meaningless.