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Heroic NHS needs a tonic at the top

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Vincent
Published date13 September 2021
Publication titleExpress, The/The Express on Sunday
Waiting lists are extreme, and in some cases higher than in other European countries. Here everybody is overly fond of saying that we have the best health service in the world. We certainly have some of the best doctors, nurses and other clinicians but they're all too often battling against top-heavy management and poor political decisions.

Before we stick more money into the NHS, there needs to be a debate about how it's managed and how those people who can afford to pay should be prepared to do so. Whether you take out your own private insurance or pay cash, if you have the money then maybe that should be something to consider.

Everybody is getting upset about tax rises, but we never expected the pandemic, so obviously, we have to pay sooner or later to help get down the bill of...

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