Gordon Brown backs free healthcare for world’s poor

• Government to spend £6bn on overseas healthcare by 2015
• PM offers cash and help to create free systems

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NHS staff sickness rates 1.5 times private sector level, health report finds

• More than 45,000 NHS workers a day report sick
• Staff have higher levels of obesity and poor mental health

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NHS or US healthcare?

The debate about the relative merits of the NHS and US healthcare continues to rage. But if you were to fall ill, which system would you rather be treated under?

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