Life sciences firms cheer unlocking of National Health Service

Who Killed the English National Health Service?

The death of the English National Health Service (NHS) has been pronounced many times over the years, but the time and cause of death and the murder weapon remains to be fully established. This article reviews some of these claims, and asks for clearer criteria and evidence to be presented.

Rhetoric and Reality in the English National Health Service; Comment on “Who Killed the English National Health Service?”

Despite fiscal stress, public confidence in the National Health Service (NHS) remains strong; privatisation has not hollowed out the service. But if long term challenges are to be overcome, pragmatism not rhetoric should be the guide.

Britain's National Health Service *

On January 1, 1947, it was just one hundred years since the first medical officer of health was appointed in Britain,Dr. Duncan of Liverpool. Much public health history has been made during these years and the century is punctuated with dates of special significance. None is likely to be of greater significance than that in which the National Health Service Bill became an Act of Parliament. Man...

The National Health Service

The National Health Service