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Britain’s public health service at 75: on life support?

By Jitendra JOSHI LONDON, July 4, 2023 (AFP) – Deeply loved but wracked by crisis, Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) on Wednesday marks 75 years since it was founded as the Western world’s first universal, free healthcare system. In a secular age, the NHS is the closest thing Britain has to a national religion — devoutly cherished, with levels of public support higher than the royal family or any other British institution. It was founded […]