'Reform or die': Can technology save the NHS?
This Is Why
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4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson speaks to health correspondent Ashish Joshi about what the prime minister has promised to do to save it.
Among the promises is moving from an "analogue to a digital NHS". Niall speaks to medical tech entrepreneur Dr Ben Maruthappu about how the NHS can better use technology and AI to become more efficient and future-proof.
Producer: Rosie Gillott
Podcast promotions producer: Jada-Kai Meosa John
Editor: Philly Beaumont
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| 1:03.2 | And today our focus is very much on labour |
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