NHS’s mounting failures and political neglect laid bare in sobering report

With its 75th anniversary fast approaching, the UK health service is not by any means where it should be', thinktank concludes

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What would the NHS see if it looked in a mirror, asks Siva Anandaciva, author of the King's Fund's study comparing the health service with those of 18 other rich countries, in the introduction to his timely and sobering 118-page report.

The answer, he says, is a service that has seen better days".