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The future of the NHS

The Lancet Voice

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Isn't It a Politics?

The political decision in the u.k. of keeping everything open until hospitals are on the verge of being overwhelmed, has been our kind of over ing decision making aspect. In all those countries that em locked down and have had protections in place, the excess death rates are actually far below the five year projections. And i think it really illustrates, as you say, how political will impacts on the performance of a health system. Isn't it that health is politics? Absolutely. It's quite an interesting space, and i don't know where it's goingr what that relationship might look like in the future.

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