Another NHS crisis? This is no way to run a public service | Simon Jenkins

Grotesquely overcentralised, and with every arm raised in salute to the minister, Britain's healthcare is stuck in a 1940s time-warp

Will it never stop? Today's Commons shouting match on failing hospitals between the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, and his opposite number, Andy Burnham, was the worst possible publicity for a national health service, a godsend to privatisers and American rightwingers. Blame was diffused to more reports, inspectors, risk registers, special measures, leadership ac...