THE Tories’ “appalling state vandalism” and mismanagement of the NHS is to blame on plummeting public satisfaction rates, health campaigners said today.

A new survey by the National Centre for Social Research on British social attitudes shows that just 24 per cent of people are satisfied with the health service, down from 29 per cent last year, while 52 per cent are dissatisfied.

The level is the lowest recorded since the surveys began in 1983.