In this podcast on social care reform with Niall Dickson and Roy Lilley, Sir Andrew Dilnot, the former Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies pulls no punches when it comes to the missed opportunities of successive governments. As the author of the definitive 2014 report on social care reform, he shows his frustration and dismay at this government’s failure to tackle a crisis that is now leaving millions of vulnerable older people without the support they need, and at the same time crippling the NHS. And Sir Andrew reveals how, if only Boris Johnson had remained Prime Minister for a little longer, serious reform could have been achieved. He points out that the extra demand for social care is a fantastic achievement created by longer lives but argues that there is a need for a change in public attitudes and for government to grow up and get on with it. If they don’t, he predicts they will not deal with the challenges facing the NHS.
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Paul Johnson
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The Convert
What happens when a leading banker groomed in the disciplines and attitudes of the private sector finds himself in charge of the NHS in England? Surely he will be highly sceptical at least, suspicious and critical at best? But no - the story of Richard Meddings the outgoing NHS England Chair is of a Damascene conversion. In this podcast with Niall Dickson and Roy Lilley, Richard reveals himself as an arch defender of the NHS at every level including the achievements of the about to be abolished NHS England.
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