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On today's episode, we're going to take you on a trip down memory lane.

A lane where everyone came out of their houses and their cottages stood on the

doorstep and clapped a lot. It was a moment the country came together to say thank you to those

who take care of us.

Families who had spent the day indoors stepped outside briefly to let the NHS workers know just how much they're appreciated.

We're very, very thankful for everything you're doing.

We couldn't thank the NHS enough.

And yet here we are two years on.

And they're asking for pay rises, which we knew were coming.

The nurses are exhausted.

The A&E departments are overrun to the point where there are eight to 10 hour waits per patient through the night. What's gone wrong?

Is it just a question of money? Or is it a question of how the National Health Service is organised? Welcome to the newsagents.

The Newsagents.

It's John. It's Emily.

And we are in Newsagents HQ.

And we know that there is potential industrial action coming from the nurses.

And there is a lot of unease in the National Health Service. But interestingly,

Labour have come out and said they're not going to be writing blank checks if they come into power. I want to see this resolved. I want to see the government around. I think 19% is more

than can be afforded by the government. But I would get around the table and negotiate something that works for both sides.

And this is an endorsement really of his own Shadow Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, who at the weekend really took no hostages when he talked about systemic failures in the NHS.

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