This year sets the NHS one of its toughest financial challenges as pandemic cash dries up and funding shortfalls deepen.
We hear how three integrated care systems are already warning of significant consequences from the current financial requirements, and explore how the NHS plans to break even in 2024-25.
With Henry Anderson, Lawrence Dunhill and Nicholas Carding.
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