Middle class patients dominate the health service and get better care because they know how to work the system, a report has claimed. Inequalities in healthcare have got worse under New Labour with the NHS favouring the rich over the poor, the think-tank Civitas said. Its report, titled Quite Like Heaven?, warns that the health service cannot be allowed to continue as it is because far from receiving equal treatment under the NHS, much depends on where you live, how much you earn, how old you are and who you know.
It pays to be pushy - The Telegraph 28th November 2007NHS care 'favours middle classes' - BBC Health News 28th November 2007
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