Behind the campaign promises - Health beyond the NHS - a podcast by BMJ Group

A UK general election has been called - polling day is on the 12th of December, and from now until then we’re going to be bringing you a weekly election-themed podcast.

We want to help you make sense of the promisesand pledges, claims and counter-claims, that are being made around healthcare and the NHS out on the campaign trail.

This week we're focussing on health beyond the NHS - public health spending, and pledges to tackle air pollution and climate change. To discuss we're joined by Jennifer Dixon, chief executive of the Health Foundation, and Nicky Philpott, director of the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change.Reading list
The BMJ's 2019 election coveragehttps://www.bmj.com/content/general-election-2019

Health Foundation report: Mortality and life expectancy trends in the UKhttps://www.health.org.uk/publications/reports/mortality-and-life-expectancy-trends-in-the-uk

UK Health Alliance on Climate Change general election briefing

http://www.ukhealthalliance.org/general-election-briefing/

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