Nick Ferrari
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http://lbc.co.uk 14-02-2012 08:02:52
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'Why do we treat the NHS so disrespectfully?'
Nick Ferrari likes caller Mary's 'sensational' suggestion that people might have to provide their bank details when registering with a GP, so they can be charged for repeatedly missing appointments.
'What frustrates me is to see Rishi Sunak, whose parents worked in the NHS, commit to a waiting list target that he couldn't possibly deliver...'
Tory peer Lord Bethell tells Nick Ferrari the PM's lack of a 'thoughtful reform programme' is a key reason for the NHS' issues.
‘We’re broken, we’re exhausted.’
‘I make you Health Secretary, what’s the first thing you'd do?’
Caller John, a nurse, outlines to Nick Ferrari the ‘never-ending cycle of failure’ the NHS is going through.
'You could tell as soon as you met her that she was really special and clever.'
The Fast Show star Charlie Higson honours the memory of Caroline Aherne as the cast members prepare to unite this weekend for their 30th anniversary stage tour.
Nick Ferrari | charlie higson
'You're not taking the public with you Secretary of State, clearly.'
'Nobody pretended that cutting waiting lists was going to be easy.'
Nick Ferrari asks Health Secretary Victoria Atkins why public satisfaction with the NHS is at its 'lowest level in nearly half a century'.
‘We shouldn’t be giving France all this money when they’re just letting them onto our shores.’
Caller Lorna tells Nick Ferrari that more money should be spent on ‘rebuilding Gaza after the war’ rather than on asylum seekers in the UK.
‘Isn’t that the definition of hypocrisy?’
Nick Ferrari pushes back on Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh’s defence of Angela Rayner, who is accused of 'dodging capital gains tax', after it emerged she previously pressured a Tory MP to publish her tax return.
'What she revealed is that a culture of ideology and intimidation was allowed to trump the interests of children.'
Health Secretary Victoria Atkins gives Nick Ferrari her thoughts on Dr Cass' gender identity services review.
‘There are so many people that will not rest until justice is done…’
Lord Arbuthnot, who gave evidence at the Post Office inquiry, believes ‘the people who need to be brought to book’ won’t ‘get away’ with their involvement in the scandal.
Nick Ferrari
'That's like having a cramp in your lower leg and chopping your leg off.'
The government will have a 'far bigger problem' if it upholds Rwanda as 'the only answer' to illegal immigration, Boris Johnson's ex-communications director Guto Harri tells Nick Ferrari.
‘These things are not neutral acts.’
Reacting to the Cass Report on gender treatments for children, Rishi Sunak tells Nick Ferrari there needs to be ‘extreme caution’ before taking action.
