It’s easy to blame all of this on Boris Johnson. But British society also bears part of the blame. One element is the soppy sentimentality that Britons have toward the National Health Service. The NHS might have a quasi-church-like status in Britain, perhaps because almost all other national institutions—the royalty, the military, the railways—are diminished thanks to self-inflicted wounds or budget cuts. But the health service is not really that remarkable a medical service in terms of outcomes.
Source : A Difficult Birth in Britain’s Stressed Health Service
