The challenge of quality and patient safety

摘要

In 1948, the health service in the UK stood on the brink of resolving a major quality problem that dogs many countries even today: making access to healthcare free, based on need. The children of the post-war National Health Service (NHS) have never had to live with the fear of financial burden or ruin as a consequence of serious illness. This was sometimes forgotten in the subsequent years as criticisms of the new NHS gradually emerged.