Ben is joined by urgent and emergency care reporter Matt Discombe to look at the latest from a sector that has not really recovered from last winter, as this one begins. How does the way the NHS funds this period of increased demand play out on the ground?

Then HSJ’s Caitlin Tilley takes us through her story about the much-in-the-news Penny Dash’s drive to make integrated services a reality in north west London. Can it succeed where other efforts have not?

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