16/04/2017

Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

BBC

News, Politics

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2017

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Is the NHS sustainable? Nick Robinson discusses whether it needs more money and reforms.

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0:00.0	This is the BBC.
0:02.9	Welcome to the Political Thinking podcast with me, Nick Robinson.
0:07.1	Ask people what makes them proud to be British, and they often say the NHS.
0:11.5	Remember the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games at its centre,
0:15.1	those nurses jumping up and down on health service beds.
0:19.0	That's why some people call the NHS our national religion.
0:22.6	But is it time to listen to the heretics?
0:25.4	To those who say, it's scarcely coping now.
0:28.6	And as we get older and the technology gets better, it won't cope in the future.
0:33.6	Therefore, something has to change.
0:36.2	Because they argue, however much we put in, never quite seems to be enough.
0:41.5	What has happened in the NHS over the last six years?
0:44.3	More patients being treated.
0:45.9	More calls to the ambulance service.
0:48.6	More operations.
0:50.3	More doctors.
0:51.5	More nurses.
0:52.8	That's what's been happening in the NHS.
0:55.0	How long have you waiting for?
0:57.0	Seminoles. We need beds and staff. It's just like banging head against the brick boy.
1:03.0	There's people lined up in corridors on beds.
1:06.0	The little babies that are sat on corridors is absolutely ridiculous. It's heartbreaking.
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