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From comments that the British public submitted to the National Health Service in response to a call for suggestions on ways to improve its care.

Tax the rich.

Establish drop-in centers in supermarkets.

Put plants and blue-sky images in waiting rooms.

Turn the heating in hospitals down by one degree.

Simplify medical language.

Use taxis instead of ambulances for nonemergencies.

Play “high-energy” music in ambulances.

Replace ambulance sirens with healthy eating advice.

Sell sugar-free ice cream from the back of ambulances.

Get the homeless to drive ambulances.

Give patients vouchers for local pubs.

Charge people to fix botched cosmetic surgeries.

Charge for X-rays following sports injuries.

Get rid of middle management.

Stop providing information in multiple languages.

Use AI chatbots for suicide hotlines.

Design hospitals like Amazon warehouses.


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