If the headlines are to be believed, the NHS is crumbling, the number of incompetent health professionals is increasing and hospitals are so dirty, patients are lucky to get out alive. But how does the NHS compare with health care systems in other countries? Dr Graham Easton analyses the facts and discovers whether British patients should travel to France for their operations or whether the British could learn something from the Americans. Producer Geraldine Fitzgerald. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk Repeated tomorrow 4.30pm