Backlogs and Burnout: Will the NHS buckle?

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

News, Politics, Government

4.6 • 252 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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COVID is on the verge of overwhelming the NHS but Britain is at least vaccinating faster than almost any other country. Almost a year since the first lockdown, is the Government’s pandemic response gaining any traction yet? And how did the Government come to OK the “abysmal” food parcels distributed to families in need? Plus, will local, national and mayoral elections actually go ahead this year? And the science of “deliverology”. Kate Proctor, political editor at PoliticsHome.com, is this week’s special guest. “The new year is showing all the signs of being every bit as chaotic as 2020.” – Kate Proctor “Local elections are a verdict on how people feel about a government. So only year after a General Election, Boris Johnson will probably be very happy to avoid them.” – Kate Proctor “Nicola Sturgeon believes that elections in Scotland will help her mandate for another independence referendum – so she’ll be pushing hard for them to go ahead.” – Kate Proctor Presented by Bronwen Maddox with Alex Thomas, Tim Durrant, Akash Pau and Nick Davies. Audio production by Alex Rees See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to Inside Briefing, the podcast from the Institute for Government.
0:14.7	I'm Bronwyn Maddox. The NHS is feeling the strain as beds fill up and UK deaths and
0:19.8	coronavirus reach more than 1,500
0:21.6	one day. Everyone's debating what exactly is allowed under the regulations on daily exercise
0:26.6	and the government is anxiously trying to devise free school meals that footballer Marcus Rashford thinks up to scratch.
0:33.6	2021 is sounding rather like 2020, isn't it?
0:36.6	Except that the vaccine is here and people are receiving it on a scale greater than the rest of Europe put together.
0:43.4	You'll catch up on the government's very mixed start to the year.
0:47.1	In a few months, the government will face the electorate for the first time since Boris Johnson secured that 80-seat majority.
0:53.7	Or will it?
0:54.6	Local elections, mayoral elections, elections in Scotland and Wales could be postponed,
0:59.3	should they be, and how should they take place?
1:02.4	And this week, the IFG publishes another round of our Ministers Reflect interviews,
1:06.5	among them the very detailed thoughts of former Home Secretary Amber Rudd
1:10.3	and former Commons leader,
1:11.9	Andrea Ledson, will discuss what they reveal.
1:14.9	Joining me in the virtual studio today is Alex Thomas, who leads our work on the Civil
1:18.3	Service.
1:18.8	Hi, Alex.
1:19.3	Hi, Bronwyn.
1:20.5	Nick Davies, who runs our public services team.
1:22.9	Hi, Nick.
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