How to Save the NHS | ep. 145

About this episode

The episode discusses the NHS and its significance in society, particularly in the context of challenges faced during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Aneurin Bevan called it “quite the most ambitious adventure in the care of national health that any country has seen”. Nigel Lawson called it “the closest thing the English have to a religion.” And it’s been called by our guest tonight “an expression of what’s best in our society”. We are, of course, talking about the NHS. After another report about just how much the staff and the patients they treated endured during the Covid-19 pandemic, our Deputy Director Lena Swedlow was joined by ...

People in this episode

Host: Lena Swedlow

Topics covered

• NHS
• healthcare
• Covid-19
• society
• national health

Keywords

• NHS
• healthcare
• Aneurin Bevan
• Covid-19
• national health

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