“I Am Sure Aneurin Bevan Would Be Turning in His Grave”. Covid-19 in Wales: Highlighting a Dysfunctional System

This paper aims to study how the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the weaknesses of the Welsh NHS and more generally public health provision, as its fragmented organisation led to confusing messages from the Welsh and British governments being given just to Welsh people, hence revealing the incoher...

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Autor principal: Bory, Stéphanie
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Idioma:Anglais
Publicat: Revue française de civilisation britannique 2023
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Accés en línia:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sumari:This paper aims to study how the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the weaknesses of the Welsh NHS and more generally public health provision, as its fragmented organisation led to confusing messages from the Welsh and British governments being given just to Welsh people, hence revealing the incoherences of the United Kingdom’s constitutional settlement. Since health is a devolved matter, it will first be necessary to study how the Welsh government handled the epidemic.