Criticism of the National Health Service (England) consists of problems such as access, waiting lists, health care coverage, and numerous scandals. The National Health Service (NHS) is the openly funded healthcare system of England, created under the National Health Service Act 1946 by the post-war Labour federal government of Clement Attlee. It has actually come under much criticism, specifically during the early 2000s, due to outbreaks of antibiotic resistant infections such as MRSA and Clostridioides difficile infection, waiting lists, and medical scandals such as the Alder Hey organs scandal. However, the involvement of the NHS in scandals extends back many years, consisting of over the provision of psychological healthcare in the 1970s and 1980s (ultimately part of the factor for the Mental Health Act 1983), and overspends on healthcare facility newbuilds, including Guy's Hospital Phase III in London in 1985, the expense of which soared from ₤ 29 million to ₤ 152 million. [1]

Access controls and waiting lists