UK Review of NHS Blasts Glacial Response to Concerns

Thank You banners and Union Jack flags are seen hanging across Oxford Street as tribute to the NHS workers during the CCP virus pandemic, in London, England, on June 4, 2020. Lily Zhou/Epoch Times

LONDON—A scathing review of three scandals that rocked Britain’s National Health Service concluded July 8 that patients suffered avoidable harm because their concerns were ignored by a system that moved at a glacial pace.

The review chaired by Julia Cumberlege, a former health minister, offered a withering look into the health system’s response to complaints about three medical interventions.