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This Is Why

‘No light at the end of the tunnel’: What a week in the NHS looks like

This Is Why

Sky News

Daily News, News, News Commentary

4.0552 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

The NHS is facing a crisis. Three years of a pandemic and even more of underfunding have seen waiting lists and ambulance delays hit record highs, while some staff strike for better pay.

On the Sky News Daily with Niall Paterson, using voice notes from the frontline, NHS staff explain how they deal with the realities of providing care.

Plus, Niall speaks to Helen Buckingham, Director of Strategy at the Nuffield Trust and Sally Warren, Director of Policy at the King’s Fund about knock-on effects the NHS crisis has on the social care system.

Producer: Soila Apparicio
Junior Producer: Jada-Kai Meosa John
Podcast Promotions Producer: David Chipakupaku
Editor: Philly Beaumont

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Now you'll struggle to find a government minister willing to say it, but it's difficult to

1:07.3

conclude anything other than that the NHS is facing a moment of crisis.

1:14.0

Three years of a pandemic, and even more of underfunding, have seen waiting lists, waiting times and ambulance delays hit record highs.

1:23.0

And now, of course, staff are striking for better pay.

1:27.0

For all the talk of healthcare being a vocation,

1:30.4

more akin to a calling than your average 9 to 5, for those working in the NHS, it has been

1:35.9

relentless. But you don't need me to tell you that. Three NHS workers told us again and again

1:42.7

over the last week. This is their reality.

1:46.6

It just feels like there is no light at the end of the tunnel. We're working and we're working.

1:52.9

We don't know when the respite will come. And whilst much of the current strain on the NHS

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