New series 1/9. A Healthy Meltdown? Unaffordable pay rises, staff cuts, huge deficits and postcode lotteries - the headlines suggest that the NHS is in crisis, and that the Government's reforms are making matters worse. But is some "creative destruction" necessary if the NHS is to become more responsive to patients? Bob Tyrrell asks whether the perception of meltdown is actually a sign that the reforms are starting to work.
Producer Sheila Cook Repeated on Sunday at 9.30pm