Author: Charlotte Wickens, Toby Brown
Resource Type: Discussion paper
Categories: Other
Publishing body: The Kings Fund
That same survey finds that support remains strong for the NHS model of a tax-funded, universally available, largely free at the point of use service. Despite this unwavering public support, some commentators and politicians now argue that the current situation means that the NHS model is ‘broken’ and that the only solution is a ‘radical’ alternative – although it should be said that the definition of radical is subjective and many of these ideas have been proposed – and rejected – for decades.