William henry beveridge must be turning in his grave. Since he founded the NHS in 1948 healthcare costs in the UK have risen by 820 per cent. Yet demands on medical services are at an unprecedented high―and, with a growing ageing population and the public ever more demanding and educated, they will continue to soar. Experts believe that new technologies and techniques are the only way the health service can realistically meet public demand, but automated electronic devices that could save resources and lives are slow to reach the market. More worryingly, public antipathy could hold back introduction of radical advances such as tissue engineering―the Holy Grail of the medical profession.
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