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The Politics Show

Is the NHS stuck on life support?

The Politics Show

The New Statesman

Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.21.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

This discussion was recorded at the Cambridge Literary Festival in November 2023.


Anoosh Chakelian was joined by Isabel Hardman, assistant editor at the Spectator and author of Fighting for Life, and Phil Whitaker, GP and medical editor at the New Statesman. They came together to ask, can we fix the NHS?


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Hello, I'm Anusha Kelly and the Britain editor of the New Statesman

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and you're listening to the New Statesman

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podcast. Today we're bringing you a special recording from the Cambridge Literary Festival.

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In November I was joined by Isabel Hardman, assistant editor at The Spectator, and Phil Whitaker, a GP and our medical editor, to discuss, Can We Fix the NHS?

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You can find more great discussions from Cambridge Literary Festival online.

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Just follow the link in the show knows. In the year of the 75th anniversary of the NHS, with strikes across the

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sector, record hospital waiting lists and long A&E waiting times, there is no better time to speak to these two writers who are deeply

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invested in fixing our health care system.

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In Isabelle Hardman's book, Fighting for Life, she tells the story of the NHS and its

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