Guardian - 21 January 2018, 02:05 (+ 2308 days 7 hours and 9 minutes) In Depth/Analysis
Everything in Britain is seen through the prism of tribal ideologyWhile I would not wish to disagree with the thrust of your major article on the National Health Service (“Voices from the frontline”, Review), we are not going to make serious inroads if we don’t ask the right questions. I would suggest the question is not: “How do we better manage health?”, but :“How do we better manage Britain?”We all know that our society needs more doctors, hospital beds and money. We know that the tremendous input from science and technology is a huge expense. Yet we don’t have sufficient doctors, beds or money. The spending on health in Britain is lower than other comparable countries. We have said this for years, but the answer has always been – as to Boxer in Animal Farm – “work harder”. Continue reading...