{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9a03fe9e-1ff0-4dcc-b3f6-50bd1f016ea4/eaa7cf89-c68d-4cc8-9dab-eadc5e82a9b4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"James Meek on the NHS","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6195701f2eacc3a36070252a/619570bccb3c660012e3d411.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>David talks to journalist and novelist James Meek about his epic new study of the NHS in crisis.&nbsp;They discuss the ideas behind a generation of NHS reforms, the meaning of efficiency and the challenge of caring for an ageing population.&nbsp;What does the future hold - Japanese-style robotics or explosive politics and inter-generational strife?&nbsp;Read the essay in the current edition of the LRB -&nbsp;<a href=\"https://bit.ly/2IpapQv\" target=\"_blank\">https://bit.ly/2IpapQv</a></p>","author_name":"David Runciman and Catherine Carr"}