Thousands of resident doctors are going on strike today despite a flu outbreak which is already putting hospitals under pressure. The NHS says it’s facing a “worst-case scenario” in the run up to Christmas, so will the health service be able to cope?

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Guest: 

• Eleanor Hayward, health editor, The Times.
• Joshua Bratt, photojournalist who had a severe bout of flu.

Host: Jane Mulkerrins.

Producer: Shabnam Grewal, Edward Drummond

Read more: 

• What the new superflu feels like: a drill inside my head
• Wes Streeting: NHS risks collapse from strikes threat and ‘superflu’

Clips: Times Radio, LBC, Sky News.

Photo: Getty Images.

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