How did we fall out of love with NHS? Easy. It's election politics

Labour MPs see the hand of No 10 election strategist Lynton Crosby behind the current NHS horror-fest

ALMOST a year after the world was left dewy-eyed about our love for the NHS by Danny Boyle's spectacular opening ceremony for the London Olympics, reality bites.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is poised to send in hit squads to tackle Britain's "killer" hospitals, acting on the review by Sir Bruce Keogh which identified 14 NHS hospitals where the mortality rates were unusually high.

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