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Can Labour fix the broken NHS? – Politics Weekly UK

Politics Weekly UK

The Guardian

News, Politics

4.11.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

With A&E departments at breaking point and the NHS on its knees, what is the government doing to repair the health service? Will it be enough? John Harris hears from an emergency medicine doctor about the dire situation on the ground, and speaks to our political correspondent Kiran Stacey about Labour’s plans to put things right. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

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The government promised to fix the NHS, but A&E departments at breaking point,

1:22.0

services on their knees, and social care once again crying out for a solution,

1:26.6

shows just how far we've got to go.

1:28.8

I've worked in the NHS now for over 20 years. Our healthcare system was the envy of the world.

1:34.2

I don't recognise the job anymore. Kirstarmer has staked his reputation on reviving our health

1:39.9

service after what he says were years of Tory mistreatment. The last government left the NHS in a critical condition.

1:48.0

So in the midst of this impossible winter, can he and his government actually make a start?

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