Real National Health Service spending in 2015-16 increased by just 1.6%, according to the Kings Fund. “The budget has been frozen for too long,” McKee said.

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Decades ago, she said, the National Health Service saved her husband’s life when he had a heart attack. “It’s got to cope with a lot more people,” she said.