a group of five distinguished physicians reported to the American Medical Association on medical care in Great Britain under the National Health Service. 1 This comprehensive appraisal provides a ...

In response to the shortage of beds, one hospital trust has even advertised for “corridor nurses,” to care for patients who ...

A damning report on overcrowded hospitals added fuel to a painful debate over the crises at the National Health Service.

A survey of its members by the Royal College of Nursing union found that two-thirds had daily delivered care in what they considered an “inappropriate setting”.

as well as from the British Medical Association. He eventually won over the detractors and in 1946 the National Health Service Act was passed, paving the way for the NHS to be launched on 5 July 1948.

but that reality has shifted greatly since I moved to the UK a few years ago as the partner of a British citizen. The UK's National Health Service (NHS) is alive and, while not completely well ...

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