The world’s largest health-research study is under way in Britain

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The world’s largest health-research study is under way in Britain
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It is aimed at saving Britons—and the NHS

Volunteer number one rolled up his sleeve on July 12th last year. Volunteer two put out an arm to give blood the same day. Volunteer 100 stepped onto the scales on August 3rd. A tape measure was slipped around the waist of volunteer 1,000 on September 30th. Then things sped up: volunteer 100,000 gave blood this March. This study is now growing so fast—by thousands every day—that putting precise numbers in print is pointless: by the time you read this they will be out of date.

Aneurin Bevan, the father of the NHS, grumbled that “cascades of medicine pouring down British throats—and they’re not even bringing the bottles back.” It has not got cheaper: the budget for NHS England is £169bn this year. Its prognosis is “hopeless, actually”, says Sir John. People tend to use the verb “collapse” to describe the end of the NHS. It will not. It will do something worse: it will ebb. Those who can afford to leave, will. Those who can’t will stay and queue and suffer.

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