00:00We've hit the ground running. We've prepared as best we can for this winter. There are
00:07big challenges, particularly with flu, with COVID, with norovirus. And that's why, in
00:14terms of the operational leadership, ministers are taking a close interest, not just in terms
00:19of how the system is performing overall, but getting right down into local areas and sometimes
00:25individual cases, to understand why it is some people are waiting so long, and what
00:31we can learn, not just for this winter, but already starting to prepare for next winter
00:35too. I think the standard of and timely access to care that we see in the NHS today is far
00:42from acceptable. As I said when we came into government, the NHS is broken, but it's not
00:46beaten. And actually, what I heard today from frontline leaders from across the NHS are
00:52outstanding examples of best practice, where people are innovating, trying new things and
00:57making a real difference, but also honesty about the challenges. That we're a team. We've
01:02come into government to turn the NHS around. We can only do that by mobilising the team
01:07across the country. It's not the fault of NHS staff the NHS is broken, it's the fault
01:11of our Conservative predecessors. And as with so many other things in our country, we are
01:15putting our shoulders to the wheel with frontline staff to turn the situation around, so that
01:20this Labour government will take the NHS from the worst crisis in its history, get it back
01:24on its feet and make sure it's fit for the future.
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