I think they know, as I think it was shared by John Burn Murdoch of the financial times. I suppose a lot of Tory's read that (maybe not the thick RWNJ's though)? Not that I'm saying JBM is right-wing, as I don't think he is, seems pretty central to me. Not sure about the paper either mind, I don't rally read it much, and mainly just follow JBM on twitter as he talks a lot of sense and just gets the numbers out.
It's a hard stick for the RW media to use mind, the NHS is hard for them to attack. It's also the Tories which have cut down on the number of managers, not kept funding up with the EU, cut down bed numbers not adapted for our population etc. The finger is pointing squarely at Jeremy (the c**t) Hunt, as he changed course and set it on this path.
Even if all the lower-level roles were filled, and if there were massive budgets, there would still be big problems if they're not managed well. To get the best people, and best results everywhere, means paying a lot of people a lot of money to sit behind desks, but that's reality. This will also mean they have to pay more money into social care and ways of getting the people out of beds, as apparently the lack of options to transfer people out of hospital, is causing a blockage in the hospitals. Sounds complicated, and the numbers won't get better unless the Tories pay the staff more, get more management, sort out social care. There's no way they're doing all of those, and they have no chance of getting power back with the NHS wrecked.