Starmer Scraps NHS England
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Today, Adam and Henry discuss Starmer’s announcement to abolish NHS England, which handles the day to day running of the health service and has been described by the government as the “world’s largest quango”.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting is also on to talk about the plans and what they mean for healthcare in the UK.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.8 | Hello, and hello to Henry Zephman. |
| 0:06.7 | Hello, Adam, are you? |
| 0:07.5 | Oh, is it Sunday? |
| 0:08.4 | Oh, what day is it? |
| 0:09.6 | I do work on other days. |
| 0:11.1 | I know you do. |
| 0:11.6 | And I think I also make that joke every time you're on newscast during the week. |
| 0:14.8 | It's okay. |
| 0:15.5 | If you worked on a weekend, you'd have to come up with a different gap. Well, if I worked on a weekend, you'd definitely know about it. Anyway, |
| 0:21.6 | oh, |
| 0:23.9 | now you spent time in Washington, D.C., didn't you? |
| 0:24.6 | I did. |
| 0:27.2 | Which means you're an expert in North America. |
| 0:29.1 | Not so sure about that, |
| 0:29.5 | but yeah. |
| 0:30.1 | Yeah. |
| 0:33.1 | Would you say Ontario in Canada had a mayor or a premier? |
| 0:36.5 | It has a premiere and it's Doug Ford. |
| 0:39.6 | Yes. |
| 0:40.4 | I accidentally yesterday said mayor. |
| 0:43.4 | Ah. |
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