This will be a particularly controversial topic about the NHS in the UK. As anyone in the UK will know, the NHS is the closest thing the Brits have to a national religion. Criticizing it amounts to sacrilege, which is why the conservatives, who aren't generally that keen on nationalizing public services, usually avoid saying anything bad about it. Unfortunately, this is a slightly unhelpful attitude.

Of course, the nurses in the NHS are committed to claiming "To Save People" for mediocre salaries. I have never heard anyone talking about doctors, though they deserve much credit. Still, the NHS as an organization isn't a perfect health service, and pretending as much prevents politicians from having constructive conversations about how we might improve it. Let's have a go and see if we can figure out how to fix the NHS.

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