Outsider's View of the NHS

The National Health Service is the largest and the oldest single payer healthcare system in the world. It is the largest public employer in England and Scotland with around 1.5 million staff and is constantly in the political spotlight. As it reaches its 70th birthday we explore how it is viewed by those who work within it but trained in another country. Doctors, nurses and administrators give the listeners their view of the unique organisation that is the NHS.

(Photo: Hospital staff demand more money for the National Health Service (NHS) in front of the Houses of Parliament, London. Credit: Niklas Hallen/AFP)