Can doctors in shopping centres fix the NHS?
This Is Why
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🗓️ 6 January 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Labour want to get waiting times for non-urgent care back down to the target of 18 weeks over the next five years, with Sir Keir saying the new arrangement will mean "resources of private hospitals [are] more readily available to the NHS".
The plan includes the development of new "community diagnostic centres". Ashish Joshi, our health correspondent, speaks to Niall from one in a shopping centre in Wood Green, north London.
Niall is also joined by Dr Rob Findlay, a contributor to the Health Service Journal and specialist in NHS demand and capacity planning and waiting times, to discuss whether the plans will actually help the service and its staff.
Producer: Soila Apparicio
Editor: Philly Beaumont
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| 0:00.0 | Thanks for the key deliverables, David. |
| 0:02.1 | Now, who'd like to... |
| 0:03.8 | Stay out all night! |
| 0:05.6 | Yoo! |
| 0:06.9 | That's brilliant. |
| 0:07.9 | So, okay, sales targets. |
| 0:10.2 | Are we hitting... |
| 0:11.1 | The dance floor! |
| 0:12.4 | Honey time! |
| 0:13.5 | Woohoo! |
| 0:15.0 | There's more than one you. |
| 0:16.4 | And with Specsavers 2 for 1, |
| 0:18.0 | you can choose glasses for at least two use, |
| 0:20.6 | from £70 with standard |
| 0:22.0 | single vision lenses. Nice moves, David! Book an appointment at Spexavers.com.uk, Conditions |
| 0:28.3 | supply. The M&S Hot Cross Bun range features 12 different varieties, so there's something for |
| 0:35.1 | everyone. The extremely cheesy bun is loaded with cheddar and |
| 0:39.0 | red lester. Savory, gorgeous. The new tiramisu bun, infused with coffee and packed with chocolate |
| 0:45.6 | chips. Love all of that. Or the red velvet filled bun, which you can eat straight out of the |
| 0:51.1 | packet, apparently that's right up my street. So, like I said, something for everyone, especially me. |
| 0:56.4 | This is not just food. This is M&S food, selected stores. |
| 1:00.5 | Coming up on the daily, can doctors in shopping centres fix the NHS? |
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