Where now for healthcare?
Predictions have been made that successful reform of the NHS would dampen demand for private medical cover, but insurers often reject this. With little sign of NHS improvement yet, Sarah Pearse assesses the government'sproposals and their likelihood of success.
Reforming the NHS remains one of the government's key policies andthe number and scope of changes recently announced demonstrates the
sincerity of its intention to achieve this.
The scale of
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