Sick and tired: Is politics destroying the NHS?

The NHS has been squeezed by successive Governments. The Covid-19 pandemic only worsened the crisis, highlighting the need for Parliament to focus on fixing our health service. Dr. Julia Grace Patterson is the author of Critical: Why the NHS is Being Betrayed and How We Can Fight for it – and says that politicians are doing nowhere near enough to fix the issue. She joins Hannah Fearn in The Bunker.

Find a copy of the book here: ​​https://harpercollins.co.uk/pages/critical 

• “Health care is, unfortunately, a deeply political area and that comes with a lot of problems.” – Dr. Julia Grace Patterson.
• “The way that Jeremy Hunt spoke about us in the press, we found that extremely difficult.” – Dr. Julia Grace Patterson.
• “It started with junior doctors, but now the government has tried to scapegoat GPs.” – Dr. Julia Grace Patterson.
• “Politicians approach the NHS in a very short-term-ish way.” – Dr. Julia Grace Patterson.

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Written and presented by Hannah Fearn. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production: Robin Leeburn. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.

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