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The economics of healthcare

The National Health Service (NHS) is the main system of healthcare provision in England, Wales and Scotland. It was established in 1948 with the aim of providing healthcare that was ‘comprehensive, universal and free, from cradle to grave’. Recent controversy suggests that things are not working out as planned. Jennifer Roberts investigates

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Surveys have shown that people in the UK are extremely proud of the NHS.However, recently there have been numerous reports that the NHS is ‘in crisis’. In March 2017, BBC News reported that NHS providers warned that services were facing a ‘mission impossible’ — frontline services did not have enough money, and longer waits for hospital operations and more delays in Accident and Emergency were predicted. At the same time, the government claimed that the NHS had sufficient funds.

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