What Is Labour?s Plan For The NHS?

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Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Laura, Paddy and Henry dissect what Health Secretary Wes Streeting had to say in his interview with Laura, where he discussed the government?s plans for the NHS.

Streeting outlined ambitions for a ?neighbourhood health service? and how weight loss jabs could play a part in tackling obesity. There is also chat about how artificial intelligence could potentially be used within the NHS.

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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Paddy O?Connell and Laura Kuenssberg. It was made by Rufus Gray with Adam Chowdhury. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:04.9	So yesterday you were talking about a film.
0:07.6	Everything everywhere all at once.
0:08.8	And why were you talking about that film?
0:10.3	Because there's a feeling by those in the know that the world order is changing
0:13.4	and that conflicts from North Korea through Russia and the Middle East and into Africa
0:19.2	are linked in some way.
0:21.1	So everything is happening around the world everywhere all at once.
0:24.9	And we discussed that with a very well-known former White House advisor who said the world
0:29.3	orders changing and it's all linked to a weak United States and weak international institutions.
0:36.5	Well, here's a funny thing because that phrase, everything everywhere all at once,
0:40.5	came out of the mouth of none other than the health secretary this morning.
0:43.8	There isn't a single part of government that can't in some way link to the growth agenda,
0:48.4	but we can't fund everything everywhere all at once.
0:51.6	So you've got to bear with us.
0:53.0	Now, what's weird about that is I hadn't told it.
0:55.0	We were talking about that yesterday.
0:56.5	Maybe he was talking about Saturday's newscast,
0:58.5	but the sensation he was talking about is something I think this new government is feeling,
1:03.0	is that they cannot deal with everything everywhere all at once, all at the same time,
1:06.7	even in the UK, before Kirstarmer also has to deal with his globe-drotting around the world,
1:11.7	trying to work on those difficult problems that you alluded to.
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