General Article Healthcare in Britain: is there a problem and what needs to change?

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Healthcare in Britain – and the National Health Service (NHS) in particular – has been affected by significant shifts in the policy and economic landscapes in recent years. In 2011-2012, as the country grappled with the economic standstill and the Coalition Government's austerity policies started to bite, the NHS began the year with virtually no increase in real funding. After a decade when real spending doubled, the NHS has been allocated little extra funding over and above inflation until A...

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