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What's the government trying to do to the NHS?
The Government is reorganising the way the NHS is run in England by scrapping the body that’s been in charge and giving direct control to the Department of Health and Social Care. Jobs will go and the country’s biggest quango will be dismantled. But what is the government actually trying to do to the NHS? What are its aims and how does the restructure fit into the government’s big picture for the health service in the UK?
Guests:
Hugh Pym, BBC Health Editor
Siva Anandaciva, Director of Policy, King’s Fund
Dame Jennifer Dixon, Chief Executive of the Health Foundation
Dame Carol Propper, Professor of Economics Imperial College in the Department of Economics and Public Policy
Presenter: David Aaronovitch
Producers: Beth Ashmead Latham, Kirsteen Knight, Caroline Bayley
Sound Engineer: James Beard
Production Coordinator: Gemma Ashman
Editor: Richard Vadon
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The Government is reorganising the way the NHS is run in England by scrapping the body that’s been in charge and giving direct control to the Department of Health and Social Care. Jobs will go and the country’s biggest quango will be dismantled. But what is the government actually trying to do to the NHS? What are its aims and how does the restructure fit into the government’s big picture for the health service in the UK?
Guests:
Hugh Pym, BBC Health Editor
Siva Anandaciva, Director of Policy, King’s Fund
Dame Jennifer Dixon, Chief Executive of the Health Foundation
Dame Carol Propper, Professor of Economics Imperial College in the Department of Economics and Public Policy
Presenter: David Aaronovitch
Producers: Beth Ashmead Latham, Kirsteen Knight, Caroline Bayley
Sound Engineer: James Beard
Production Coordinator: Gemma Ashman
Editor: Richard Vadon
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