Missing Sunaks pledge

Published: July 14, 2023, 4 a.m.

This week bureau chief Ben Clover is joined by colleagues to discuss some of the biggest stories ahead of the junior doctors\u2019 strike.

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Matt Discombe reveals the results of an inquiry into an ambulance trust found to\u2019ve withheld key details of patient deaths from a coroner. The report is damning but some stakeholders have said it is more notable for what it doesn\u2019t cover.

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Recorded on Wednesday before the longest junior doctors\u2019 strike yet, James Illman and Henry Anderson explain how NHS England\u2019s finance director may have let the cat out of the bag about something ministers deny \u2013 that the huge round of cancellations caused by industrial action mean the service might miss the PM\u2019s pledge to have waiting lists falling.