NHS Under Pressure

Published: Jan. 3, 2023, 10:53 p.m.

As the government admits the NHS is facing an \u201cunprecedented challenge\u201d, A&E consultant Dr Maya Naravi tells us that in 25 years of working in emergency medicine, this is \u201cthe worst I have ever seen it\u201d.

BBC health editor Hugh Pym joins us to explain what\u2019s behind the problems and what\u2019s being done to try to relieve them.

And amid widespread walkouts, Alan Jones, the PA\u2019s industrial correspondent, talks us through what disruption we should expect as a result of strike action this year.

Today\u2019s episode was presented by Adam Fleming and made by Chris Flynn with Rufus Gray, Josh Jenkins and Kamilah McInnis. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The assistant editor was Alison Gee.