As the storms roll in and all memories of summer recede, for the health service this only means one thing; the start of the annual winter pressures faced by the NHS.

After record waits in A&E last year, sharp increases in corridor care and waiting lists spiralling further beyond long-missed targets, this week host Alain Tolhurst looks at what the government is doing to prevent another crisis this winter.

Joining him are Helen Morgan, Liberal Democrat MP and her party’s spokesman on health and social care, along with Rosie Beacon, research manager and head of health at  the Re:State think tank, and Siva Anandaciva, director of policy at the King’s Fund, a health sector charity.

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Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton and edited by Ewan Cameron for Podot