Services like the NHS are money pits: no matter how much money they are given they will always be broke, and given the total lack of accountability inherent in

Services like the NHS are money pits: no matter how much money they are given they will always be broke, and given the total lack of accountability inherent in the system there will always be regulations trying to improve their efficiency. Thus ANY public healthcare service, at ANY time, will be perceived by some large part of the population as "laden with excessive regulations and budgetary constraints". This is not some neoliberal conspiracy, it is the natural consequence of any system which allocates money without sufficient accountability.