The NHS has been likened to a national religion, such is its importance in the British psyche.
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But with a tight squeeze on its budgets and unprecedented demand for its services it remains a political issue. In fact, the entire history of the NHS, as well as charting major clinical progress, can be seen as a standoff julia louis-dreyfus between doctors and politicians.
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