On Dec. 15, nurses walked out and began the largest nurses’ strike in the history of Britain’s National Health Service. This week, thousands of junior doctors went on strike for three consecutive days. “I come to work and can see that there’s a patient waiting eight hours to see a doctor. That the flagship health care service of one of the wealthiest countries in the world is in such a state is shocking, but not without explanation. so much that people who can afford to, and increasingly those who can’t, are having to pay for health care.

Source: The Times March 17, 2023 19:38 UTC