The NHS structurally basically has to get worse no matter who is in charge:

- the cost of top healthcare will keep going up as new technology is invented

- the amount of care you need keeps going up as the population ages

- GDP can't grow because of various political constraints (Brexit, planning permission, Green Belt, environmental rules, etc)

- Tax revenue can't rise much because it's already ~40% of GDP

- NHS can't grow as a percentage of the budget because of competing commitments (pension triple lock must, in the long run, grow as a percentage of GDP)

I'm sure Labour and Starmer want to fix the NHS, but it's like trying to play chess when you're already mated.