When I was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2021, the NHS saved my life. I saw the best of the NHS but also how it's letting patients down.
The most frustrating moment came when I went to hospital for follow-up test results only to learn the results hadn't been processed in time.
These inefficiencies and inconveniences are visible to patients every day, while decisions made at the Department of Health and Social Care are often out of touch.
Lord Ara Darzi's investigation found the NHS broken due to 14 years of underinvestment, reorganisation, and a failure to modernise, leading to the worst crisis in its history.
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