We also discuss the health secretary’s announcement of a “national maternity investigation” and the unanswered questions surrounding this unusual decision. 

And finally, we talk more about HSJ revelations this week that a patient died as a result of the cyber attack on a south east London pathology system last year. 

With Ben Clover, Annabelle Collins and Alison Moore.

Send views and questions to annabelle.collins@hsj.co.uk.

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