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Health systems. The ghost of a boast
1Manchester Centre for Healthcare Management, Manchester University, USA.
The Health Service Journal
|November 2, 2001
Abstract:
The NHS was introduced to enormous popular acclaim but services always varied markedly and the physical conditions were poor. At the birth of the NHS, two-thirds of the hospitals had been built before 1891. Even today, the NHS is providing care in accommodation built in the 1800s. The NHS is now lagging behind comparable systems on several counts. It is unrealistic to expect the NHS to become the 'envy of the world' in the lifetime of this government, if ever.