Bad Medicine: The NHS at 70

摘要

The NHS was pulled kicking and screaming from the social and physical horrors of World War Two when the country was vested with creating a healthcare project ‘fit for heroes’. I, like many others, have travelled and worked in other health systems. My reflection after 30 years of work is that the NHS is the greatest achievement in universal coverage: no one is denied care. But its greatest failing is its poor access.And let’s not pretend that health care in the UK is truly equitable, because it isn’t. We have a parallel private system where those with influence and wealth simply sidestep the NHS. …