The NHS should embrace the world stage The first of a two part series by Ben Marshall Every three years, US-based think tank The Commonwealth Fund publishes a report comparing the health systems of 11 developed countries. In the last two reports (2017 and 2014) the UK has come out top, with the NHS being found to deliver the safest and most affordable care with superior ‘care processes’. We can be rightly proud of that achievement. In the seven decades since Health Secretary