Room for two
As the countdown to the next general election begins, the government is focused on improving the healthcare system in the UK. But Fergus Kee explains that views are mixed as to the current ability of the NHS to meet its targets and in its ability to continue to afford and meet them in the future
Since the creation of the NHS in 1948, health economists have consistently argued that it is underfunded and that, if only more money was invested, it would fulfil its brief. We now have an
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