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Even Italians are horrified by the NHS

18 March 2025

3:11 AM

18 March 2025

3:11 AM

Anyone who has the misfortune of stepping foot into a hospital recently will know how bad things are with the NHS, where the only good thing about the long waits is that they stave off the subsequent terrible treatment.

Still, it is helpful sometimes to see how other countries view our health service – which has for years been described by politicians as the ‘envy of the world’.

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