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Why is Britain’s treasured health service falling apart? CNN

(1 days ago) WebMost winters, headlines warn that Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) is at “breaking point.”. The alarms sound over and over and over again. But the current crisis has set warning bells

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/23/uk/uk-nhs-crisis-falling-apart-gbr-intl/index.html

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The U.K.’s Government-Run Healthcare Service Is in Crisis

(4 days ago) WebFeb. 6, 2023 10:35 am ET. Text. For more than a decade, the British government has run its National Health Service, the world’s largest government-run healthcare system, on a tight budget. The

https://www.wsj.com/articles/nhs-uk-national-health-service-strike-costs-11675693883

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Sick man of Europe: why the crisis-ridden NHS is falling apart

(9 days ago) WebSpending on the NHS totalled 12% of GDP in 2020, compared with the average among all OECD countries of 9.57% and an average among the 14 longest-standing EU member states of 10.62%. But before the

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/08/sick-man-of-europe-why-the-crisis-ridden-nhs-is-falling-apart

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Britons Love the N.H.S. Some Will Also Pay to Avoid It.

(9 days ago) WebThe British health system, he said, is built around the idea of “universalizing the best” — creating a system “as good for a rich person” as for a poor one, Mr. Thomas said. If wealthier

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/09/world/europe/uk-nhs-private-health-care.html

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UK In Grip Of Worst Health-Related Work Crisis Since 1990s

(9 days ago) Web2:47. Britain faces a £16 billion ($20.1 billion) annual bill to cover the spiralling cost of disability benefits over the next five years as the country grapples with the longest sustained rise

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-23/uk-in-grip-of-worst-health-related-work-crisis-since-1990s

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Nearly half-a-million take out private health insurance …

(3 days ago) WebNearly half-a-million take out private health insurance in 2022 as NHS crisis deepens Bupa, Aviva and Vitality, three of the largest UK health insurers, collectively added 480,000 new customers

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/nearly-half-a-million-take-private-health-insurance-2022-nhs/

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How the boom in private medical insurance is exposing its own flaws

(3 days ago) WebIn a July note, analysts at Jefferies noted that private medical insurance is already expensive at about £1,500 per year per person, and prices typically rise 15 to 20 per cent a year. The more

https://www.ft.com/content/6b6e0952-d340-45c2-a425-91a706994922

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Britons turn to private healthcare as NHS crisis worsens - Financial …

(3 days ago) WebBritons are increasingly paying for private health insurance. Spending (000$) per capita. Year-on-year change (%, right axis) Source: OECD. Large insurers have seen a rise in demand. Aviva said

https://www.ft.com/content/a62f6a1e-d742-4bc0-93b3-dde86dd56e03

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Things Fall Apart: the British Health Crisis 2010–2020

(2 days ago) WebIf worsening health is an early sign of national decline and, ultimately, crisis, as it was in the Soviet Union, then the UK has problems. Life expectancy is stagnating and, for some, worsening, infant deaths are rising in the poorest areas, and the UK is joining the USA in experiencing an upsurge in ‘deaths of despair’.

https://academic.oup.com/bmb/article/133/1/4/5812717

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Brexit and health: 4 years on - The Lancet

(3 days ago) WebJan 31, 2024, the anniversary of the UK formally exiting the EU, is an opportunity to take stock and reflect. In 2016 the Vote Leave campaign placed the UK National Health Service (NHS) at the heart of its campaign to exit the EU, with its slogan “We send the EU £350 million a week. Let's fund our NHS instead”,1 defying the Chair of the UK Statistics …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)00157-0/fulltext

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Crisis in the UK National Health Service: What does it mean, and …

(4 days ago) WebTo set up that work, it examines both academic accounts of the history of the NHS with media reports of crisis in the British National Health Service (NHS), identifying when crises have appeared, leading to the construction of a typology of crises. It then links that typology of crises with the timing of significant health reorganisation to

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/spol.13001

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Private health insurance market grows by £385m in a year amid …

(6 days ago) WebPrivate medical insurance, the largest part of the health cover market, grew by 6% year on year in 2022 to £5.3bn, more than triple the average annual growth rate of 1.8% between 2008 and 2019.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/18/uk-private-health-insurance-market-nhs-crisis-dental-cover

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Britain’s health-care system looks rather as it did in the 1930s

(8 days ago) WebThe biggest source of revenue last year at Spire, the largest private hospital group in Britain by income, was from private medical insurance, which grew by 16% to £307m ($390m) in the first half

https://www.economist.com/britain/2024/01/08/britains-health-care-system-looks-rather-as-it-did-in-the-1930s

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The NHS in crisis – evaluating the radical alternatives

(3 days ago) WebThe radical alternatives: Social health insurance. Social health insurance is a system into which employees, employers and the state all contribute. The money collected by independent bodies typically known as insurers or ‘sickness funds’, which then pay health care providers for people’s care. Contributions are usually mandated so they

https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-analysis/long-reads/nhs-crisis-evaluating-radical-alternatives

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Britain can afford the NHS—and it must to reduce fear during a …

(1 days ago) WebIn 1952, Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne. In that same year, Aneurin Bevan, secretary of state for health and founder of Britain’s National Health Service, published his seminal book In Place of Fear .1 Bevan wrote: “The essence of a satisfactory health service is that the rich and the poor are treated alike, that poverty is …

https://www.bmj.com/content/379/bmj.o2987

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Private Health Care Booms in Britain as State-Run - Insurance …

(3 days ago) WebInsurance company Vitality Health Ltd. said its policies cover nearly a million people in the UK, compared with between 650,000 and 700,000 in 2019. Circle Health Group Ltd. said it was serving

https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2023/04/26/717909.htm

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Britain is plunging deeper into crisis by the day, but its - CNN

(9 days ago) WebThe United Kingdom is enduring a summer of misery as its beloved health service descends into crisis, inflation soars, taps run dry and strikes halt trains. Meanwhile, the government is nowhere to

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/20/uk/british-government-crisis-intl-cmd/index.html

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Britain's mental health crisis drives up private health insurance …

(1 days ago) WebThe taxman is cashing in on the crisis driving patients to private healthcare, as receipts for Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) rocketed to £8.15bn in the tax year 2023-2024, an increase of 11.4pc on

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/consumer-affairs/britain-mental-health-crisis-increase-cost-health-insurance/

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Why Are British Health Care Workers Striking? - Forbes

(2 days ago) WebSome 25,000 ambulance workers in England with the GMB, Unison and Unite unions also walked out on December 21. Teams still responded to life-threatening calls, but responses to serious, but not

https://www.forbes.com/sites/katherinehignett/2022/12/27/why-are-british-health-care-workers-striking/

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Health Coverage Affordability Crisis 2020 Biennial Survey

(2 days ago) WebIn the first half of 2020, 43.4 percent of U.S. adults ages 19 to 64 were inadequately insured. This is statistically unchanged from the last time we fielded the survey in 2018. The adult uninsured rate was 12.5 percent. In addition, 9.5 percent of adults were insured but had a gap in coverage in the past year and 21.3 percent were underinsured.

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2020/aug/looming-crisis-health-coverage-2020-biennial

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Insurance battles over UK Covid lockdowns rage on in courts

(3 days ago) WebData from litigation analysis group Solomonic shows there are more than 100 unresolved insurance cases in the High Court related to Covid-19. The total combined value of the sums being sought is

https://www.ft.com/content/e8be1263-f909-43ea-8286-82ec5653a812

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Britain Shakes Off Recession as Economy Grows Faster Than …

(6 days ago) WebThe News. The British economy emerged from a recession at the start of this year, growing faster than economists expected, data published on Friday showed. Gross domestic product increased 0.6

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/10/business/uk-economy-growth-recession.html

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Canada’s primary care crisis: Federal government response

(4 days ago) WebIntroduction. Primary healthcare in Canada is in crisis. One in six Canadians report not having a regular family physician, and less than half of Canadians are able to see a primary care provider on the same or next day. 1,2 The consequences are significant in terms of the stress and anxiety foisted upon Canadians in need of care as well as the …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10448296/

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British boxer dies after being knocked down in pro debut

(2 days ago) WebMay 13, 2024. LONDON (AP) — A British boxer has died after he lost on his professional debut in London. Sherif Lawal was knocked down by a blow to the head from Malam Varela in the fourth round

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/article/british-boxer-dies-after-being-knocked-down-in-19455284.php

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