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What's the government trying to do to the NHS?

David Aaronovitch and a panel of experts discuss the government's vision and aims for the NHS.

The Government is reorganising the way the NHS is run in England by scrapping the body that鈥檚 been in charge and giving direct control to the Department of Health and Social Care. Jobs will go and the country鈥檚 biggest quango will be dismantled. But what is the government actually trying to do to the NHS? What are its aims and how does the restructure fit into the government鈥檚 big picture for the health service in the UK?

Guests:
Hugh Pym, 成人快手 Health Editor
Siva Anandaciva, Director of Policy, King鈥檚 Fund
Dame Jennifer Dixon, Chief Executive of the Health Foundation
Dame Carol Propper, Professor of Economics Imperial College in the Department of Economics and Public Policy

Presenter: David Aaronovitch
Producers: Beth Ashmead Latham, Kirsteen Knight, Caroline Bayley
Sound Engineer: James Beard
Production Coordinator: Gemma Ashman
Editor: Richard Vadon

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