Upstream / Downstream - A fable for healthcare in 2021?

Another day, another depressing article about the dire state of our primary care services and the ever-increasing demand on thinly stretched resources.  Reading the feature on the BBC website entitled "Rising patient numbers threaten to overwhelm GPs" put me in mind of the ‘Upstream / Downstream' fable. For the uninitiated, this parable describes a ‘Downstream' community living by a river, who for many years have been rescuing bodies floating down the river from the ‘Upstream' community. Over time, a whole infrastructure has developed around rescuing and caring for those who have been sa...