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Your NHS
Last Updated: Wednesday, 21 April, 2004, 15:09 GMT 16:09 UK
NHS operation
Audit finds NHS has made progress
The government has made progress in responding to the public's priorities for health service reform - but has some way to go, a survey finds.
Your NHS: For Better or Worse
Two years on: NHS voices


Smoky bar Majority back public smoking ban
Almost three-quarters of people who responded to a BBC survey want a ban on smoking in all public places.

Niall Dickson, chief executive of The King's Fund The NHS: from cradle to grave?
Niall Dickson explains how the NHS has changed over the years and the huge challenges it faces today.
Your NHS, on Wednesday 24 March, 2004, was the BBC's second special event day examining the nation's healthcare system.

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Your NHS: Getting involved How you can get involved in the health service, across the UK

DoctorHealth essentials
Learn about medical conditions and healthy living from BBCi health
Keeping patience with patients
Ridiculous demands and unreasonable behaviour from some patients is stretching the NHS to its limits.

Emergency sign outside an American hospital Emergency lessons from America
US professor Greg Larkin observes how certain American strategies could benefit this country.
Arthur and Gwen Brett The battle for elderly care
Free long-term care for the elderly was voted the top NHS priority in 2002. We follow one couple's story, two years on.
Have Your SayHave Your Say
Has the NHS improved in the priority areas voted for in 2002?
NursesYou asked expert
The NHS: Better or worse?

NHS league tablesNHS league tables
Find out how your local health service has fared

YOUR NHS IN 2002

Your NHS pledges
You voted for the issues that mattered most in 2002. How did Tony Blair respond?
Ambulance video booth
In 2002 we asked people to visit our ambulance video booth. Hear their views.
YOUR NHS PEOPLE

We went behind the scenes to see a day in the life of the people who make the NHS work:

Blair discussed the NHS
Your NHS 2002: vote results
Paramedic Roddy Brown
Consultant surgeon Mr Colin Weir
Family doctor Alun Jones-Evans
Community nurse Teresa Davis
Patient Margaret Lucas

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