The French healthcare system may provide some lessons for reforming the NHS and the UK's health insurance industry. Andrew Apps explains
France takes health seriously. Anyone who has eavesdropped on a conversation in a chemist's shop or received medical care in a French hospital will know that the obsession with health across the Channel is at least on a par with our fascination with the weather. The quality of French healthcare is indisputably high. The World Health Organisation, in its 2000 survey, rated France number one in the world in its provision of universal healthcare to its citizens. Waiting lists are practically unheard of; everyone has the choice of a GP, hospital and specialist, and you don't need a GP referra...
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