How the care-in-kind, or the beverage social model, works. In 1943, the liberal leader Lord Beveridge designed the National Health Service to help the British people recover after the war. Under the Beveridge system, healthcare is provided and financed by the government through taxes, just like the police or the public library. It was the Labour Party who implemented the National Health Service after the war. Under this social model, doctors and healthcare professionals became government employees most hospitals and clinics became government-owned this means that in Britain you can go to the doctor for free won't see a bill for your treatment the beverage model or caring kind system is used in numerous countries around the world such as Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Denmark Finland Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Malta the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and of course the UK.
Each country is a little different, but they all go by the same basic principles, where you're designated a medical service provider. The doctors and dentists all work for the government or in networks, and patients receive free healthcare, which is funded by taxes. The downside to this system is that often there are long waiting lists and many hospitals have to deal with underfunding, which puts pressure on the quality of care.
You can, of course, take out private health insurance. This allows you to choose your health care professional. You seem much quicker and quality of care is better, but full private insurance is an expensive option and out of reach for many people.