Can the NHS. 50 years old this year, ever meet the needs of patients or are the strains of an ageing population, the rising costs of medical technology and increases in emergency admissions stretchingthe state health system to breaking point?
As Government plans for an updated NHStake shape, Emily Catto and Mike Embley report from a busyCroydon health centre. Plus the results of an extensive BBC health survey on attitudes to the NHS and the responses of politicians and medical practitioners to the debate on what level of care patients can expect in the future.
Producer Julie Thomson ; Executive producer John Samson Subtitled. * See Polly Toynbee : page 10