Patients at NHS hospitals forced to pay £2 an hour for ‘Boris bike’ style wheelchairs | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/patients-nhs-hospitals-forced-pay-ps2-hour-boris-bike-style-wheelchairs
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Poverty hinders access to timely NHS care, think tank warns
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/poverty-hinders-access-to-timely-nhs-care-think-tank-warns/ar-BB1k3IOV?cvid=002ac14531a44ba2f32d51a0ecda1072&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=16
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#UKGov
#HealthyEconomyReliesOnAHealthyPopulation
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#KingsFund
Britain is a poorer, sicker place. No wonder disability claims have trebled in a decade | Polly Toynbee | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/12/disability-claims-britain-rishi-sunak-government-health-austerity
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I’m sorry to say this is not unexpected as a result of chronic underinvestment in UK health services.
#NHS #Doctors #Nurses #Cancer #HeartDisease #KingsFund
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jun/26/britons-earlier-deaths-linked-to-nhs-underinvestment-study