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Row erupts over state of the NHS

(BBC 05/11/2009)

A row has broken out between the government and the Conservatives over a report into the state of the NHS. Labour has hailed a think tank's review of 11 health systems as evidence its health service reforms are working. The Commonwealth Fund report, based on a poll of more than 10,000 doctors, suggested the NHS compared favourably with services in other countries. But the Tories said data on the numbers surviving disease showed the health service had got worse under Labour.