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Indeed. How does Sweden do it? And I can tell you at once it is not by cluster bombing shepherds in the middle east.

BBC – How the NHS could learn from Sweden – Whenever health systems are ranked, Sweden always seems to come top or at the very least a close runner-up.

With its dazzling array of new hospitals and plentiful supply of doctors, nurses and state-of-the-art medical technology, the Scandinavian country can confidently boast it provides first-class care to its nine million inhabitants.

Cancer survival rates, infant mortality and life expectancy figures all outstrip many of its European neighbours.

So how does Sweden do it and what can the National Health Service learn?