Can doctors in shopping centres fix the NHS?
January 6, 2025
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January 6, 2025
Can doctors in shopping centres fix the NHS?
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As Winter sickness hits the NHS, the prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, has unveiled the government's plans to support the service with a new partnership with the private sector. <br /> <br />Labour want to get waiting times for non-urgent care back down to the target of 18 weeks over the next five years, with Sir Keir saying the new arrangement will mean "resources of private hospitals [are] more readily available to the NHS". <br /> <br />The plan includes the development of new "community diagnostic centres". Ashish Joshi, our health correspondent, speaks to Niall from one in a shopping centre in Wood Green, north London. <br /> <br />Niall is also joined by Dr Rob Findlay, a contributor to the Health Service Journal and specialist in NHS demand and capacity planning and waiting times, to discuss whether the plans will actually help the service and its staff. <br /> <br />Producer: Soila Apparicio <br />Editor: Philly Beaumont
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