When Health Goes Wrong: Anatomy of an NHS Scandal (with Shaun Lintern)
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When Health Goes Wrong: Anatomy of an NHS Scandal (with Shaun Lintern)
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About this listen
Most health scandals aren’t sudden failures. They’re warnings that went unanswered.
In Episode 2 of Sick Society, Dr. Alexis Paton and Sir Andrew Goddard are joined by Shaun Lintern, award-winning health journalist, to examine how medical scandals emerge, escalate, and repeat.
The conversation draws on major NHS case studies, including Mid Staffordshire. It also examines failures in private and commercial healthcare. Together, these examples show how culture, authority, and political pressure influence decisions long before problems become public.
In the podcast, Alexis, Andrew, and Shaun talk about:
- How families and journalists surface early warning signs when formal systems fail
- What major NHS scandals reveal about targets, staffing, and the erosion of patient focus
- The role — and limits — of regulation and inspection
- Why whistleblowing remains risky despite official protections
- How social media, private healthcare, and commercial incentives may shape future failures
A sober discussion about accountability, patient safety, and why learning from failure in healthcare is so difficult — and so necessary.
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