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Most winters, headlines warn that Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) is at “breaking point.” The alarms sound over and over and over again. But the current crisis has set warning bells ...
Britain’s health service has expanded its list of possible symptoms of coronavirus infection, after the Omicron subvariant known as BA.2 propelled new case reports upward again in much of Europe.
The Health and Care Bill, currently going through Parliament, is a devastating attack on the National Health Service (NHS) and what remains of the “universal, comprehensive, publicly funded and ...
Britain's population has grown substantially since the National Health Service's inception, to roughly 66 million. In addition, as life expectancy has increased 13 years, so has the number of ...
The National Health Service was built from the wreckage of World War II — something of a gift from the government to a battered and impoverished nation, which welcomed it. And, today, it's still ...
Should U.S. look to UK’s single-payer National Health Service for next health care moves? By William Brangham, Jason Kane. World May 22. Britons build scarecrows to say thank you to health care ...
The U.S. can learn from the National Health Service — and other health systems — about paths forward and paths to avoid as it designs a uniquely American approach to its immense health care ...
Real National Health Service spending in 2015-16 increased by just 1.6%, according to the Kings Fund. “The budget has been frozen for too long,” McKee said.
President Trump says people have taken to the streets in the U.K. to complain about their National Health Service — but most Britons love the NHS. They just want the government to improve funding.