Is the NHS in crisis?
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“Why is the NHS in crisis?” is one of the most-googled questions on the NHS this election. But is our health service really in crisis? We joined up with the independent health experts Nuffield Trust to find out.
We can’t go on like this. That was the stark message of a special House of Lords Committee on the future of the NHS:
“Our conclusion could not be clearer. Is the NHS and adult social care system sustainable? Yes, it is. Is it sustainable as it is today? No, it is not. Things need to change.”
They reported that: “Many of our witnesses portrayed an NHS which is now at breaking point.”
There are so many ways of measuring success in the NHS, across the different countries of the UK, that it will almost always be possible to find something to boast about and something to worry about. And the NHS probably does not have a single breaking point among all its different organisations and functions.
The Nuffield Trust, a leading health think tank, has looked across:
- Access to care – h...
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