A health and care emergency, the US constitutional weakness for pandemic response, ActionAid in conflict zones

With a new logo, and new music, comes a revamped The BMJ Podcast.

Every two weeks we’ll be bringing you a magazine style show, more variety and perspectives on medicine, health, and wellbeing.

In this episode:

• Former chief executive of the NHS, Nigel Crisp, explaining why the UK is facing a national health and care emergency (01:22)
• The guest editors of our US covid series, Gavin Yamey and Ana Diez Roux, discuss the US pandemic response, and how problems are built into the US constitution (19:48)
• How The BMJ’s ActionAid appeal will help people in Gaza, Syria and Somalia (33:06)

Reading list:

• The BMJ Commission on the Future of the NHS
• US covid-19 lessons for future health protection and preparedness
• The BMJ Appeal 2023-24: ActionAid offers immediate and long term help