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Doctors’ disorders: Britain’s overwhelmed health service

The Intelligence from The Economist
The Intelligence from The Economist
Episode • Jan 11, 2023 • 32m

Britain’s National Health Service is in crisis. Wait times are rising, nurses and paramedics are striking, and doctors are overworked—leading to hundreds of excess deaths each week. We visit the front line: a stretched GP’s surgery in Wales. We ask why Germany and Poland love to hate each other. And what America’s army is doing to slim down its overweight recruits.

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