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Archbishop criticises NHS

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The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, Archbishop Vincent Nichols, has claimed that some NHS hospitals see patients as no more than a set of medical problems, and therefore fail to comfort them and relieve their suffering.

Religious affairs correspondent Robert Piggott examines Archbishop Nichols' comments.

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