That sort of thing all changed with the oil crisis and the UK's mostly still intact post-war consensus where both right and left sought to meet needs even when

That sort of thing all changed with the oil crisis and the UK's mostly still intact post-war consensus where both right and left sought to meet needs even when they had to increase services, housing etc, and the post-war Tory party chose not to re-privatise the NHS. Which brought the longest sustained boom the UK ever saw. Tory party had talked about re-privatising the NHS though in the early 50s. The seventies chaos stemming from 73 brought us to sorely needing some of the neoliberal, monetarist solution of Thatcherism. Everything had to pay, everything had to be reduced to economic choice. Mental health, happiness, social cohesion, community services etc were deemed unimportant. So we have very much reaped what they sowed. The first ten years were probably helpful to correct the damage of the seventies. The next 30 have been making it worse. New Labour improved some areas markedly, but mostly kept pushing in the wrong direction. Health and social care is purely and solely a drain. Nurses are paid accordingly. No account is taken of the knock-on effects of a long waiting list or poor care taking someone out of the workforce far longer, or creating larger and longer term issues... To my view of the world we are long overdue a correction.