a situation in which the standard of medical care, education, etc, received by the public varies from area to area, depending on the funding policies of various health boards, local authorities, etc
Examples of 'postcode lottery' in a sentence
postcode lottery
Planning services have become a postcode lottery.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It also emerged yesterday that some face a postcode lottery over their energy bills.
The Sun (2016)
It is a ridiculous postcode lottery.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
And a postcode lottery for services means sufferers struggle to get suitable treatment in many regions, the report found.
The Sun (2016)
Regional variations in quality of service and postcode lottery are still with us.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
No more postcode lottery with each council adapting and implementing its own illogical and incomprehensible funding requirements.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There is no doubt that we owe it to our older generations to end the current cruel postcode lottery of care.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
She must end the postcode lottery.
The Sun (2006)
We're back to a postcode lottery.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Maybe that's what they mean by the postcode lottery.