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Cold Comfort: So-Called ‘Tough Decisions’ Are Putting Patients at Risk
In part two of a series covering the NHS winter crisis from within A&E, Dr J asks how the language of 'difficult choices' and 'tough decisions' undercuts the key principles of a universal NHS while distracting us from the political decisions underlying the crisis.