What would meaningful NHS reform actually look like—and why is it so difficult to discuss?

In this episode of Health Tech Hour, Steve Roest speaks with veteran health journalist Paul Gallagher about the pressures facing the NHS, including waiting-list backlogs, workforce shortages, delayed hospital discharges, social-care gaps and the political sensitivity surrounding reform.

Paul draws on two decades of healthcare reporting to examine why the NHS repeatedly falls into short-term crisis management, how public expectations compare with the amount the UK is willing to spend, and why discussions about restructuring are so often reduced to fears of privatisation.

The conversation also explores the role technology can play in moving care from hospitals into communities, improving prevention and makin ...