UK Healthcare ‘Bottom of Pack’ Compared to Other Wealthy Nations

Published on August 23, 2024

The UK is falling behind other high-income countries due to long waits for hospital care, a new report by the Health Foundation has concluded. Patients in the UK are also “bottom of the pack” when it comes to the amount of time they get with a GP, the research found, with many people reporting difficulty getting a response from their surgery. A decade ago, the UK was among the best nations for people seeing hospital specialists in less than four weeks, but has now dropped down to being among the poorest performing countries, according to the think tank, which analysed data from ten countries between 2013-2023....

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