The View from 22 – fixing the NHS in the wrong way, the whining intern and Ed Miliband’s summer of discontent

Are David Cameron and Jeremy Hunt going about fixing the NHS in the wrong way? On this week’s View from 22 podcast, former No.10 advisor Sean Worth and director of Reform Andrew Haldenby discuss Dr J Meirion Thomas’s Spectator cover feature on the problems with the Health Secretary’s plans to reshape the NHS. Is Dr Thomas right in saying we need more focus on training GPs, and not centralised technological solutions? Will the government’s reforms be remembered in 100 years as a landmark moment for the NHS? And do we need more focus on recruiting British doctors, to improve the quality of care?

Freddy Gray and the Economist’s Daniel Knowles also debate the plight of the unpaid intern and whether interns should stop moaning about how they are treated. Is it not a good thing to have opportunities for gaining experience in the work place? Is it the fault of employers or our education system that internships are now required part of any CV?

Plus, Isabel Hardman discusses Ed Miliband’s difficult summer — as well as his eggy experience yesterday — and James Delingpole bemoans the end of his promising career as a UKIP MEP.