In our first podcast of 2023, Rory and Alastair discuss the NHS in crisis and how government investment needs to be coupled with structural reform. There's also a look back at Alastair's diaries during the transfer of power from Tony Blair to Gordon Brown, and an analysis of newly-released documents from the National Archives.

Show notes:

Ian Kennedy, 'The NHS Dream is Dying', The New European, 08.12.22

John Burn-Murdoch, Data Scientist

Johann Hari, Chasing the Scream

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