As a major Guardian analysis will show,our health service is far too complex to be reduced to soundbitesThe NHS is a British glory, chosen by most as the best symbol of national unity. But it’s an eternal source of national anxiety too. Is it ever good enough? Born out of a fraught ideological contest, or it can never escape the heat of the political battlefield.
The Guardian this month is taking its pulse from top to toe,from head to heart, arteries, and lungs and bowels – our journalistic scanner will race over it more thoroughly than we bear explored any institution. We will find remarkable scenes of the best treatment there is. We shall also find greater organisational turmoil and financial strain than the NHS has ever known,a ligature tightening around its neck. Britain is tumbling down international tables for spending on health.
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Source: theguardian.com