Why this winter NHS crisis is worse than ever before

12/21/22 • 28 min

The NHS comes under considerable pressure every winter, but is this year the worst yet? In this week’s episode of The i Podcast, we are looking at the mounting challenges the health service faces – as the latest wave of industrial action takes hold.

i Special Projects Editor Rob Hastings has been speaking to paramedics about how they feel working on the frontline of the frontline and the mounting concerns they have about the UK’s ability to deal with surging demand for medical care in the winter months.

He also runs us through the five reasons why this year is so much harder than previous challenges, as the sector emerges battered and bruised after the Covid-19 pandemic.

When then take a look at why women are increasingly leaving their significant others and attending female-only sex parties.

Our People Writer Eleanor Peake has been chatting to the women organising – and attending – these events to find out why escaping the “male gaze” is so important to them.

Read Rob's long read here: https://inews.co.uk/news/health/nhs-paramedic-diary-shifts-hospital-queues-ambulance-delays-2029190

Read Eleanor's trip into the world of sex parties here: https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/why-women-are-leaving-their-boyfriends-at-home-to-attend-female-only-sex-parties-2025743

Produced by Julia Webster. The Executive Producer is Albert Evans with additional production by Phoebe Fleming.

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He also runs us through the five reasons why this year is so much harder than previous challenges, as the sector emerges battered and bruised after the Covid-19 pandemic.

When then take a look at why women are increasingly leaving their significant others and attending female-only sex parties.

Our People Writer Eleanor Peake has been chatting to the women organising – and attending – these events to find out why escaping the “male gaze” is so important to them.

Read Rob's long read here: https://inews.co.uk/news/health/nhs-paramedic-diary-shifts-hospital-queues-ambulance-delays-2029190

Read Eleanor's trip into the world of sex parties here: https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/why-women-are-leaving-their-boyfriends-at-home-to-attend-female-only-sex-parties-2025743

Produced by Julia Webster. The Executive Producer is Albert Evans with additional production by Phoebe Fleming.

Music featured is by Michael Kobrin and Lexin Music - licensed via Pixabay.

Check out their music here.

https://pixabay.com/music/modern-classical-the-introvert-michael-kobrin-10959/

https://pixabay.com/users/lexin_music-28841948/

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Previous Episode

How worried should we be about Strep A?

Strep-A has killed 16 children and caused panic among parents. The situation has been exacerbated by a lack of vital antibiotic supplies. In this week’s podcast, we take a look at what went wrong – and what it tells us about our Government’s response to infectious diseases in a post-pandemic world.

Joining us to lift the lid on what has hampered the response is i Policy Editor Jane Merrick, who has broken a series of stories during the outbreak about the scramble to supply the vital antibiotics needed to parents of sick children. i Reporter Alannah Francis also joins us to tell us about the frontline medical staff and families that have been swept up in the chaos.

Read Jane's coverage here: https://inews.co.uk/author/jane-merrick

Here are Alannah's reports from the frontline of the outbreak.

https://inews.co.uk/news/strep-a-mother-girl-symptoms-infection-pharmacy-antibiotics-2017441

https://inews.co.uk/news/antiobiotics-shortage-goverment-supply-issues-lives-risk-2014511

Many of us have had the “saving for a rainy day” adage drilled into us since an early age. So why are increasing numbers of people turning their backs on it, when it comes to their pensions?

The latest DWP figures reveal that one in six people aged 40 to 75 haven’t begun saving for retirement yet, while a quarter will be solely relying on the state pension. Lizzie Anderson has been speaking to those that have decided to live life to the full and go pension free.

Produced by Julia Webster. The Executive Producer is Albert Evans with additional production by Phoebe Fleming.

Music featured is by Michael Kobrin and Lexin Music - licensed via Pixabay.

Check out their music here.

https://pixabay.com/music/modern-classical-the-introvert-michael-kobrin-10959/

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Next Episode

How i covered the defining stories of 2022, with editor Oly Duff

While many of us may have been expecting a joyful re-opening of society after the pandemic, 2022 has brought many surprises, dashing our hopes of life finally returning to normal.

In the final episode of the year Editor-in-chief Oly Duff and host Molly Blackall take a look back at the defining moments of 2022. From the political musical chairs in Downing Street to the first war on the European continent in a generation and the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

Oly shares some of the pieces that resonated with him most this year, from Dean Kirby’s investigation into Russian filtration camps which revealed for the first time Ukrainians were being forcibly deported inside Russia’s borders, to Patrick Strudwick’s piece on the Queen being a quiet LGBT ally.

You can read those articles here:

https://inews.co.uk/opinion/empire-does-not-sit-well-equality-queen-lgbt-ally-1853604

https://inews.co.uk/news/ukraine-russia-war-putin-mauripol-deportations-filtration-camps-1539050-1539050

Produced by Phoebe Fleming.

Music featured is by Michael Kobrin and Lexin Music - licensed via Pixabay.

Check out their music here.

https://pixabay.com/music/modern-classical-the-introvert-michael-kobrin-10959/

https://pixabay.com/users/lexin_music-28841948/

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