EPISODE · Jan 17, 2023 · 9 MIN
Inside the crisis in the U.K.'s National Health Service
from POLITICO's Pulse Check · host POLITICO
Soaring Covid and seasonal infections like flu and RSV have compounded long-term problems at the NHS. Long wait times for treatment and a chronically understaffed and burned out workforce have raised a contentious debate about whether the U.K. should move away from its single-payer system. Helen Collis talks with Lauren Gardner about what the changes could look like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Soaring Covid and seasonal infections like flu and RSV have compounded long-term problems at the NHS. Long wait times for treatment and a chronically understaffed and burned out workforce have raised a contentious debate about whether the U.K. should move away from its single-payer system. Helen Collis talks with Lauren Gardner about what the changes could look like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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