Alan Milburn: Can the NHS be saved?

Leading

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Politics, Government, News

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🗓️ 30 January 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Is the NHS beyond saving? Could a Labour government fix it? How should Rishi Sunak deal with strikes? This week on Leading, Alastair and Rory are joined by former Secretary of State for Health, Alan Milburn. Alan is credited for delivering modernisation to the NHS in the New Labour years, introducing foundation trusts, and is Rory’s hero for his work on reform. Tune in to hear his thoughts on the struggles of being an MP, the biggest challenges facing the NHS, and Labour’s lack of clarity in opposition. TRIP Plus: Become a member of The Rest Is Politics Plus to support the podcast, enjoy ad-free listening, receive a weekly TRIP newsletter, join the TRIP Plus Discord chatroom, and receive early access to live show tickets and Question Time episodes. Just head to therestispolitics.com to sign up. Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @RestIsPolitics Email: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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2:00.1	situation because we have a former Labour politician, somebody I've known and worked for for many,
2:07.6	many years but the reason he's here is because Rory Stewart of former Tory cabinet minister in a
2:14.8	previous episode of the podcast you may have heard called this gentleman one of the heroes
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