Why is the NHS in crisis, and can it be fixed?
Ian Sample hears from acute medicine consultant Dr Tim Cooksley
about what’s happening within the NHS, and speaks to the Guardian’s
health policy editor, Denis Campbell, about how the UK’s health and
social care systems ended up in crisis and whether they
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The UK’s new health secretary, Thérèse Coffey, has not taken on an
easy job. Almost two-thirds of trainee GPs plan to work part-time
just a year after they qualify, reporting that the job has become
too intense to safely work more. A record 6.8 million people are
waiting for hospital treatment in England, and 132,139 posts lie
vacant across the NHS in England. Ian Sample hears from acute
medicine consultant Dr Tim Cooksley about what’s happening within
the NHS, and speaks to the Guardian’s health policy editor, Denis
Campbell, about how the UK’s health and social care systems ended
up in crisis and whether they can be fixed. Help support our
independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod
easy job. Almost two-thirds of trainee GPs plan to work part-time
just a year after they qualify, reporting that the job has become
too intense to safely work more. A record 6.8 million people are
waiting for hospital treatment in England, and 132,139 posts lie
vacant across the NHS in England. Ian Sample hears from acute
medicine consultant Dr Tim Cooksley about what’s happening within
the NHS, and speaks to the Guardian’s health policy editor, Denis
Campbell, about how the UK’s health and social care systems ended
up in crisis and whether they can be fixed. Help support our
independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod
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