Listen "Can the NHS recover from coronavirus?"
Episode Synopsis
The pandemic will impact the way healthcare is delivered for years to come. At the same time as preparing for a possible second wave, the NHS also has to work its way through a backlog of delayed appointments and treatments. Waiting lists could top 10 million people this year.David Aaronvicth asks the experts what Covid-19 has done to healthcare in the UK and how can it recover:Journalist Chris Cook specialises in the public sector and is an editor and partner at Tortoise Media
Rachel Schraer is a health reporter for BBC News
Dr Jennifer Dixon is the chief executive of the Health Foundation
Professor Carol Propper is a health economist at Imperial College London and President of The Royal Economics Society
Nigel Edwards is chief executive of the Nuffield Trust an independent health think tank.Producers: Kirsteen Knight, Beth Sagar Fenton, Joe Kent
Studio manager: Neva Missirian
Editor: Jasper Corbett.
Rachel Schraer is a health reporter for BBC News
Dr Jennifer Dixon is the chief executive of the Health Foundation
Professor Carol Propper is a health economist at Imperial College London and President of The Royal Economics Society
Nigel Edwards is chief executive of the Nuffield Trust an independent health think tank.Producers: Kirsteen Knight, Beth Sagar Fenton, Joe Kent
Studio manager: Neva Missirian
Editor: Jasper Corbett.
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