General Article NHS drops from first to fourth among rich countries’ healthcare systems

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Thinktank says longer wait for treatment since Covid pandemic is main reason, in study of 11 countries.

By Denis Campbell, Health Policy Editor

The NHS has lost its prestigious ranking as the best health system in a study of 11 rich countries by an influential US thinktank.

The UK has fallen from first to fourth in the Commonwealth Fund’s latest analysis of the performance of the healthcare systems in the nations it studied.

Norway, the Netherlands and Australia now provide better care than t...

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