The National Health Service faces a terrible winter
The government has yet to formulate a plan to cope
As Britain’s economy and political elite lurch from one crisis to another, the parlous state of the National Health Service (nhs) gets less attention. Much was made of the quarter of a million people who “queued to see the queen” when the late monarch was lying in state, but those waiting to start treatment on the nhs are 27 times that number.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Cold, hard truths”
Britain October 1st 2022
- The fallout from Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget continues
- What British people think about economic growth
- The National Health Service faces a terrible winter
- Edinburgh closes its strip joints while Glasgow keeps its clubs open. Why?
- Why is the British government so reluctant to tell people to conserve energy?
- Keir Starmer: the rise of Default Man
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