Ms Susan Clyne:

We warned at the time that the decisions we took during the years of austerity and when we were on cutbacks would have consequences. The key worry we have now is that if we do the same again we will build up more trouble for the future. We really have to invest in a big way. It should be a very big national project. When Covid happened, the health service and everyone who worked in it turned on the head of a pin overnight and changed what they were doing. We have to have this approach to capacity now.