Why is the NHS failing ?

[muddy]

Once the envy of the world the NHS is failing .
Successive governments have poured lots of money into the NHS .
So why is it failing ? 
It works very well in Spain and other countries in Europe why not the U.K. ? 

[Scrumpy]

Because there are greedy people who scoop the cream from the top...
 

[klondike]

Over and poorly managed. As is anything which is essentially controlled by bureaucrats.

[muddy]

Do you think we the aging population are a contributing factor ?

[CHF]

Over and poorly managed. As is anything which is essentially controlled by bureaucrats.

Precisely!

[klondike]

Certainly can't help that it takes forever for the NHS and councils to move people of of hospital to care homes but I think it goes further than that. It isn't only the UK that has an ageing population it's true of all of Europeans. Not breeding fast enough leads to the demographic we see .
Blame...
reliable contraception
women's liberation
the need for two to work full time to support any family at all
the cost of childcare

It would be possible to go on for a very long time listing what has changed during our lifetimes that contributes to that situation but other countries cope and often better than we do. There needs to be a careful study of how others handle healthcare. The trouble is changing anything within the NHS meets with stiff resistance along with accusations of privatisation. The fact is government run organisations are never efficient. Private ones have to be or they go out of business.