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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jill Lawless

Britain's state-funded health system must 'reform or die,' prime minister says

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Britain’s much-loved but overstretched health system is in critical condition and must “reform or die,” Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Thursday, claiming that years of neglect and botched restructuring had made the United Kingdom an increasingly unhealthy nation.

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