Comments on: Your very good health http://www.davecole.org/blog/2009/09/01/your-very-good-health/ Just another WordPress site Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:31:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Dave http://www.davecole.org/blog/2009/09/01/your-very-good-health/#comment-1384 Dave Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:47:57 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/?p=1711#comment-1384 No, it isn't. There have been changes along the way, the big ones being prescription charges and less provision for dentistry and glasses. Beyond that, there are more, costlier medicines, new techniques and so on and so forth. Nevertheless, it still more-or-less delivers. I'd add that it's only now becoming a national <em>health</em>service; it always used to be a national <em>sickness</em> service, but healthcare (which moves beyond the actual NHS) is becoming more about prevention. No, it isn’t. There have been changes along the way, the big ones being prescription charges and less provision for dentistry and glasses. Beyond that, there are more, costlier medicines, new techniques and so on and so forth. Nevertheless, it still more-or-less delivers.

I’d add that it’s only now becoming a national healthservice; it always used to be a national sickness service, but healthcare (which moves beyond the actual NHS) is becoming more about prevention.

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