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This week we’re focusing on the NHS.

On the 3rd of July the UK’s Prime Minister, Kier Starmer finally announced the NHS’ 10 year plan. His Labour government laid out a vision for where the healthcare service should head over the next decade.

The announcement has been met with mixed responses. The plan has some good ideas - but a lack of vision combined with scarcity of detail leave many questions about how well its aims can be implemented.

In this podcast we're joined by 3 experts to dissect the details of this plan

Reading list

News analysis: What is the NHS 10 year plan promising and how will it be delivered?

Editorial: Government’s 10 year plan for the NHS in England

David Oliver's column: The NHS 10 year plan—more a set of ambitions than a plan