Wolves and Big Yellow Taxis: How Would Be Know If the NHS Is at Death’s Door? Comment on “Who killed the English National Health Service?”

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  • Ian Greener School of Applied Social Sciences, University of Durham, Durham, UK
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Martin Powell suggests that the death of the English National Health Service (NHS) has been announced so many times we are at risk of not noticing should it actually happen. He is right. If we ‘cry wolf’ too many times, we risk losing sight of what is important about the NHS and why.

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volume 4  issue 10

pages  687- 689

publication date 2015-10-01

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