Author: Toby Helm, Political editor, and James Tapper

UK

The Covid-19 pandemic hit Britain harder than other developed countries due to the NHS being weakened by government policies. A report by Prof Ara Darzi reveals a significant decrease in routine healthcare activity and essential services during the crisis. The NHS is still suffering from its inability to respond adequately to the pandemic due to a decade of weakening policies. Darzi criticizes former Tory health secretary Andrew Lansley’s reorganization of the NHS, calling it disastrous and detrimental to its performance. As NHS figures anticipate reforms based on the report, concerns grow over the health service’s future under current spending constraints.…

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