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Would you pay more for the NHS?

Published: Jan. 11, 2018, 8:30 p.m.

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In its 70th year the NHS is in a winter crisis again. Many people working in the NHS argue successive governments have failed to address what is arguably the biggest problem: funding.

David Aaronovitch asks if the public would pay more for the NHS. Is there now a case for a hypothecated tax? Can public support for the NHS withstand a tax rise?

CONTRIBUTORS:

Dan Wellings, Senior Policy Fellow, The King's Fund\\nAnita Charlesworth, Director of Research and Economics at the Health Foundation \\nSally Gainsbury, Senior Policy Advisor, The Nuffield Trust\\nSir Julian Le Grand, Professor of Public Policy at the London School of Economics

Producer: Serena Tarling.

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