May and Hunt seem completely delusional, and are fully embodying "the people are fed up of listening to experts". When told by the red cross that there is a humanitarian crisis the response was "no there isn't", and they refuse to listen to anyone throughout the NHS about what is going on. The fact is that 'cost saving' through cutting beds has led to a bed crisis. The lack of funding in social care means that people are unable to leave hospital even though they are perfectly fit to be discharged. Neither of these problems can be solved by putting the onus on GPs to provide a service that people do not want or need, with staff who already work incredibly long hours. There aren't the GPs to safely run a 7-day service, and they always seem to forget the cost of support staff and nurses.
On average, one hour of a doctors time is spent per year on patients who are not entitled to the NHS. This is not the problem.
People who use A&E inappropriately take up just 2% of their time, as they are dealt with quickly and do not take up beds in intensive care or HDU. This is not the problem.
From my experience, a lot of people care very strongly about our NHS, but a lot of their anger is being misdirected to scapegoats. What can we actually do about any of it though, when the government don't even listen to people working on the front line?