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Optimism about the future

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2014

Nicholas Timmins*
Affiliation:
Senior Fellow, The King’s Fund, London, UK
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*Correspondence to: Nicholas Timmins, Senior Fellow, The King’s Fund, 11–13 Cavendish Square, London W1G OAN, UK. Email: nicholas.timmins@gmail.com

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© Cambridge University Press 2014 

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