Rebecca Smith, Daily Telegraph, November 28, 2007
Middle class patients dominate the health service and get better care because they know how to work the system, a report has claimed.
Inequalities in healthcare have got worse under New Labour with the NHS favouring the rich over the poor, the think-tank Civitas said.
Steve Doughty, Daily Mail, November 28, 2007
Middle-class patients use their "sharp elbows" to do better out of the Health Service than the poor, a study suggests.
Those with money and confidence are said to exploit the complexities of the system and shove out the less well-off and less educated.
Leader, Telegraph, November 28, 2007
A report by the think-tank Civitas makes it clear that far from the gap between rich and poor in obtaining treatment being reduced, it is actually widening.
BBC News online, November 28, 2007
The NHS is a "divisive influence" which favours the assertive middle classes over poorer people, a study says. It pointed out that people in deprived areas were often more in need of treatment, but less likely to get hip replacements or key x-rays.
