What's really wrong with the NHS?

Is the NHS really in crisis because of money — or because we are asking the wrong question altogether?

In this video, I argue that the central failure of the NHS is not underfunding alone, but the way illness itself has been turned into a consumer product. Chronic conditions now dominate healthcare, patient demand has exploded, and pharmaceutical profits shape treatment pathways, often at the expense of prevention, patient agency, and genuine cures.

I explore why GP consultations have doubled, how medical intervention can itself create harm, and why lifestyle-based prevention is systematically sidelined. I also ask the question no politician wants to answer: who benefits from a system that manages illness rather than reduces it?

This is a political economy critique of healthcare, not an attack on doctors or patients, and it challenges the idea that simply spending more money will necessarily fix the NHS.