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Making and breaking a health service

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The creation of the National Health Service (NHS) marked a radical break with the past, making health care universally available on the basis of need rather than means. The NHS was conceived during wartime emergency and has had to survive further regular crises to reach its 70th year, but it now faces challenges that are unprecedented in scale and there are doubts about its ability to continue in its present form. Resources have not increased with need, and the NHS can no longer function as a comprehensive service during periods of peak demand. Policymakers look for solutions in service rearrangements, new technologies, quality improvement initiatives and alternative funding arrangements; meanwhile, chronic lack of capacity is taking a predictable toll on patient care and staff morale. The NHS has become a formidably resilient institution, but securing its future may take as great a collective effort as the one that created it.

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  • Doran, Tim, 2019. "Making and breaking a health service," Health Economics, Policy and Law, Cambridge University Press, vol. 14(1), pages 19-24, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:hecopl:v:14:y:2019:i:01:p:19-24_00
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