Why is the NHS in crisis, and can it be fixed?
The UK\u2019s new health secretary, Th\xe9r\xe8se Coffey, has not taken on an easy job. Almost two-thirds of trainee GPs plan to work part-time just a year after they qualify, reporting that the job has become too intense to safely work more. A record 6.8 million people are waiting for hospital treatment in England, and 132,139 posts lie vacant across the NHS in England. Ian Sample hears from acute medicine consultant Dr Tim Cooksley about what\u2019s happening within the NHS, and speaks to the Guardian\u2019s health policy editor, Denis Campbell, about how the UK\u2019s health and social care systems ended up in crisis and whether they can be fixed. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod