> That model doesn’t seem to be working either

The model works just fine. The reason the NHS isn't working is because the Conservative government has intentionally underfunded it (UK per capita spending on healthcare is significantly lower than other European countries).

That, plus the CNN article shared above can’t simply be reduced to failure of “the model”:

> Explanations for the current crisis “have to start with a consideration of Covid-19,” Ben Zaranko, an economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) whose work focuses on Britain’s health care system, told CNN. “There’s the simple fact that there are beds in hospitals occupied by Covid patients, which means those beds can’t be used for other things.”

Same as Canadian. It took me 7 months to get an endocrinologist appointment. Luckily I was in traveling in Mexico and saw one there. If I had waited for my Canadian appointment, i would have lost all my hair and over 30kgs by that time. (It was a harmone related problem).