A clear-sighted appraisal of our ailing NHS emerges with verve, humour and candour from Michael Wynne’s timely verbatim play
There are occasions when only naturalism and documentary detail will do. Michael Wynne’s new play Who Cares is important because it’s verbatim. It provides a portfolio of facts about the NHS, embodied in encounters with practitioners and patients. Thirty per cent of prescribed medicines are not taken at all. Poor diet is responsible for “more disease than physical inactivity, smoking and alcohol combined”. A circumcision costs £931.50.
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