Tag: National Health Service

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 […]

England’s emergency units open ‘as normal’ again after cyber attack

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – Accident and emergency units in England were nearly back to normal on Tuesday, the National Health Service (NHS) said, after the last restrictions put in place following the global cyber attack were lifted. “Patients are no longer being diverted away from hospital accident and emergency units,” Anne Rainsberry, NHS England’s national incident director, said in a statement. “While there is still some disruption in a small number of areas, most […]