What The F*** Is Going On With The NHS?

What The F*** Is Going On? with Mark Steel

Mike J Benwell

Comedy, Politics, Society & Culture, News

4.8 • 735 Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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In this special extended interview, Mark talks to Dr Phil Hammond about the current state of the NHS. As a comedian, journalist, whistle-blower and newly retired NHS doctor, no one is better equipped to try to answer the questions that people are asking about healthcare today. The conversation is fascinating, informed – and darkly funny! Get ad-free extended episodes, early access and exclusive content on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtfisgoingonpod Follow What The F*** Is Going On? with Mark Steel on Twitter @wtfisgoingonpod Follow Dr Phil Hammond @drphilhammond And visit our website www.whatthefisgoingonpodcast.co.uk for more information. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.5	Now as anybody who has ever listened to this podcast knows, we have established it. It's
0:37.0	impossible to find out what the fuck is going on unless you have expert advice.
0:42.8	If you want to know what the fuck is going on with the NHS, there is only one person you can possibly go to.
0:53.3	Dr Phil Hammond and as luck would have it, here he is.
0:58.3	I've already taken up, how are you, Phil?
1:01.1	I'm very well thinking. I thought you were going to introduce Matt Hancock then,
1:03.9	the man at the centre of the NHS, until recently. He wasn't available. He's moved on to
1:09.9	more expensive things. I'm very well thinking.
1:11.7	It was nice when someone else how the doctor is, but I'm fine.
1:15.2	Dickety-Diboo. No, good. We want you to be good. I could easily, there's all sorts of things
1:20.6	that come, you know, I expect after six minutes, you know, this consultation would have ended,
1:25.1	and you'll tell me to go out and you'll have to do another interview because there'll be, you know, this consultation would have ended and you'll tell me to go out and you'll have to do another interview because there'll be, you know, because in the old days, we used to say, to wind up
1:31.9	after six minutes, we used to say that's a lot of it about. It's probably a virus. But if you tell
1:36.6	people it's probably a virus these days, they shit themselves. So we've lost our best closing
1:40.9	sentence. I once did, this is true. When I worked in Birmingham, I was a GP and I was a lecturer in the Department of Primary
1:48.9	Care at Birmingham University.
1:50.5	And they had this computer that analysed all your consultations.
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