New plans for the National Health Service contain much that is sensible--but little that is truly radical NIGEL LAWSON, a former Tory chancellor, once observed that the National Health Service is "the closest thing the English have to a religion". The Labour...

Creeping radicalism CRITICISM of the proposed reforms of the National Health Service (NHS) relies heavily on the charge that they are a radical break with the past based on dogma, not an extension of the established system. This charge is sustained by...

A shortage of National Health Service dentists in England has led some people to pull out their own teeth — or use super glue to stick crowns back on, a study says.Many dentists abandoned Britain's publicly funded health care system after reforms backfired, leaving a...

A shortage of National Health Service dentists in England has led some people to pull out their own teeth — or use super glue to stick crowns back on, a study says.Many dentists abandoned Britain's publicly funded health care system after reforms backfired, leaving a...

The main factors currently affecting people's health in the United Kingdom include smoking, bad diets, alcohol, and lack of exercise. While the British government has worked to reduce the influence of these factors, only the people themselves can put an end to them by changing their attitudes toward health.

There are many advantages private health care over the current national health system in the UK. These include the shortening of waiting lists for health care; greater patient choice in his/her care; more jobs created; a minimizing of the "brain drain" of medical personnel moving abroad; and improvement in overall health care due to competition.