There are concerns therefore that those seeking care will increasingly turn to private insurance or self-pay options, which could lead to a two-tiered health system and further deterioration of the ...

A Department of Health and Social Care spokesman said: ‘The NHS is broken, forcing many patients to go private for faster healthcare, risking a two-tier system. ‘As part of the government’s ...

The growth of NHS waiting lists means many ... which will only further embed the two-tier system we have seen developing, where ability to access timely care is based solely on whether you can ...

Scottish Labour has pledged to purchase 300 new step-down beds in care homes and 1,000 non-residential care packages if it ...

There is a general consensus that the status quo of the NHS is unsustainable ... of a two-tier service", where rich and poor received wildly different levels of care. A 2023 review in The Lancet ...