The Rest Is Politics: NHS in crisis, the Blair-Brown years, and Mandela on Gaddafi

Goalhanger Podcasts Goalhanger Podcasts 1/4/23 - Episode Page

In our first podcast of 2023, Rory and Alastair discuss the NHS in crisis and how government investment needs to be coupled with structural reform. There's also a look back at Alastair's diaries during the transfer of power from Tony Blair to Gordon Brown, and an analysis of newly-released documents from the National Archives.

Show notes:
Ian Kennedy, 'The NHS Dream is Dying', The New European, 08.12.22
John Burn-Murdoch, Data Scientist
Johann Hari, Chasing the Scream

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Producers: Dom Johnson + Nicole Maslen

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