In a word, yes.
I thought it was worth sharing this article for this quote alone, but I think it’s also a good summary of how bureaucracy took over in the NHS.
He is servant of his patient
When master of his fate
But master of his patient
When servant to the state
Well put. Yes, they are now just cogs in the machine of the wonderful “public-private partnership” our fascist overlords are imposing for “the common good”.
Whom are you quoting? It’s very good. Kipling?
It’s just “a doctor” who seems to have been writing around the time of the creation of the NHS, according to the article.