A government-commissioned review has found the NHS on life support. Can Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer succeed where his predecessors have failed in turning around the health service? And how long has he got to do it? Lucy Fisher is joined by Political Fix regulars Robert Shrimsley and George Parker, plus the FT’s global health editor Sarah Neville, to examine the future of the NHS for the country’s health, politics and economy. And party conference season is upon us, so what are the flash points ahead? Leah Quinn joins the conversation.

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England’s NHS in ‘critical condition’, official review finds 

NHS to receive ‘no more money without reform’, says Starmer 

‘Dire’ NHS report shows scale of Sir Keir Starmer’s turnaround challenge

And then there were four: The surviving Tory leadership hopefuls

Green party calls for long-term approach to UK’s problems 

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Presented by Lucy Fisher. Produced by Clare Williamson. The executive producer is Manuela Saragosa. Audio mix and original music by Breen Turner. Audio engineer, Jean-Marc Eck. Broadcast engineers Andrew Georgiades and Petros Gioumpasis. The FT’s head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. 

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