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But I think there are some important lessons to learn and not least the fact that what people can't do is alight on an individual case and use that really to damn the whole of the National Health Service and actually more importantly I think, the doctors and nurses, the other people who provide the treatment and care in the National Health Service.
BBC: News | BREAKFAST WITH FROST | Interview with Alan Milburn
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As the FT put it a fortnight ago: 'By introducing a clutch of overseas providers to provide treatment centres for National Health Service patients, the government has at a stroke transformed a significant chunk of the country's health care exposing to scrutiny some of the myths on which private medical care is sold.
BBC: NEWS | UK | Politics | Full text: Blair on public services
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In the UK, many people may moan about the treatment they get from the National Health Service, but at the same time, it is not an exaggeration to say it is a much-loved and strongly defended institution.
BBC: What can the UK learn from Canada's budget cuts?