48,000 hours stuck in an ambulance

HSJ Health Check

This week we discuss the ongoing harm done by long ambulance handover delays and what the new government should do to address this problem.

Also more on the health policy experts hired by Wes Streeting to help draw up a ten-year plan for health, and our analysis of his first few days in office.

*After this podcast was recorded the health secretary announced he had commissioned former minister, surgeon and academic Lord Ara Darzi to carry out an independent review of NHS performance. More on this story here.*

With Dave West, Alison Moore and Annabelle Collins.