Less than halfway through the financial year all 42 integrated care systems are in deficit.
This week we discuss urgent high-level talks to address the £1bn funding gap – and ask whether strikes are really to blame.
Also this week, has NHS England come off the fence with its latest warning to the BMA?
With Henry Anderson, Annabelle Collins and Dave West.
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