But all EU countries have shortages of doctors, nurses, dentists, waiters, chefs etc.. it's the fall out of COVID lockdowns. So the grown ups know that, but Labourites (Lefties) just complain it's the government.
The NHS in the UK is a devolved matter. That means, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland each run their NHS. So if I go to Cumbria, England, you pay to use the hospital car park and for prescriptions. If I go to Scotland, no car park charges or prescription costs. So if Scotland argues, "NHS is underfunded", then why not obtain income from car parking and supplying prescription medicines?
Wales run their own NHS, but they spend £40,000 on a trans painted road crossing, and umpteen thousand on changing 30mph road signs to 20mph. Yet numpties down there claim the NHS is underfunded.
So I always ask everyone that says it's underfunded, "By how much?", and no one knows. One way is percentage of GDP spent on healthcare, but not all systems are the same, but if you look at Healthcare Delivered league tables, extra spending doesn't often equate to better healthcare be delivered. The UK tops many EU countries with healthcare delivery, but our spend is in the average area. But that's a Tory thing, efficiency. Labour's answer is a costly unionised striking efficiency system.