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The NHS is letting down thousands of patients

The NHS is letting down thousands of patients

30 May 2020

9:00 AM

30 May 2020

9:00 AM

I’m embarrassed every Thursday. I don’t mean to sound ungrateful. The outpouring of love for NHS workers at 8 p.m. each week has been touching. Who wouldn’t want to be clapped and cheered? But quietly among ourselves, many of us in the health service have increasingly felt it’s misplaced. I’ve come to dread it.

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Dr Max Pemberton is a columnist for the Daily Mail and a medical doctor specialising in mental health and eating disorders.

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