NHS cash is welcome but is it all an illusion?

‘The only way to judge NHS funding is to compare it with other western countries,’ writes Prof Colin Pritchard from Bournemouth University.The logjam in the political debate on how to finance our welfare state, and particularly the NHS, is described clearly by Rafael Behr (At the heart of the NHS cash boost lies a dishonesty: tax, 8 January).The way to break this logjam and reach a satisfactory funding settlement for the welfare state is to initiate a regular “strategic welfare