Contributor: John Lister The NHS was set up to be a universal health service, covering the whole population, providing care according to clinical need, not ability to pay, and funded from general taxation. Resources have never matched the level of demand for care, and there has always been a waiting list for some forms of
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Contributor: John Lister Every healthcare system worldwide, including the NHS, will have to deal with rising costs over the coming years due to a rise in chronic disease and in the proportion of older people in the population. These escalating costs always prompt the question - can we afford the NHS? Most often from people
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