Live stream preview

Watch this video and more on OVID.tv

Watch this video and more on OVID.tv

Start your free trial

Already subscribed? Sign in

The Dirty War on the National Health Service

Bullfrog Films • 1h 45m

Directed by John Pilger • Documentary • 2019 • 106 minutes

Britain's National Health Service, the NHS, was the world's first universal public health service. Designed to give millions of people "freedom from fear" following World War II, the NHS today is under threat of being sold off and converted to a free market model inspired by America's disastrous health insurance system, which results in the unnecessary death every year of an estimated 45,000 people.

Filmed in Britain and the United States just prior to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, this timely and compelling documentary by BAFTA and Emmy award-winning journalist John Pilger reveals what may be the last battle to preserve the most fundamental human right of all.

Tags
area studies, beveridge report, britain, british studies, bullfrog films, business, business ethics, capitalism, doc, documentary, economic theory, economics, economics of health care, emergency care, europe, european studies, expository, health, health care, health care costs, health care delivery, health care policy, health care sector, health insurance, healthcare, human rights, john pilger, labor and economics, medical sociology, medicine and nursing, national health service, nhs, ovid, patient dumping, political philosophy, politics and political science, privatization, privatized healthcare, privatized medicine, public health, remote area medical, sectors, social issues, social policy, social studies, socialism, socialized medicine, sociology, sociss, the dirty war on the national health service, united kingdom, universal health care, world regions

Up Next in Bullfrog Films

  • Frenemies
    1:26:57
    Frenemies

    Frenemies

    Directed by Mirella Martinelli • Documentary • 2020 • 87 minutes

    Set to the pulsating beats of Afro-Caribbean music, the feature-length documentary film Frenemies examines the fraught relationship between the island nation of Cuba and the United States.

    Presenting a critical perspective on both...

  • Connectivity Project
    44:34
    Connectivity Project

    Connectivity Project

    Directed by Rose Madrone • Documentary • 2021 • 45 minutes

    By exploring the ripple effects of our actions in an interconnected world, the CONNECTIVITY PROJECT series highlights how science and different cultures and traditions from around the world embrace the importance of interconnectedness. A...

  • The River Between Us
    1:28:25
    The River Between Us

    The River Between Us

    Directed by Carl Gierstorfer • Documentary • 2022 • 88 minutes

    The people of the Mashco Piro fled deep into the Peruvian Amazon to escape the cruelty of colonialist rubber companies. They cut all contact with the outside world and entered an isolation they haven’t abandoned to this day. Carl Gie...

×