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‘Improve the NHS fast or people will fall for the charlatans’ – so says a departing trust head. We’d do well to listen | Polly Toynbee

December 16, 2025

‘This is the best system, but not producing the best results,’ says Nick Hulme, outgoing East Suffolk and North Essex NHS foundation trust chief. eff Moore/PA‘This is the best system, but not producing the best results,’ says Nick Hulme, outgoing East Suffolk and North Essex NHS foundation trust chief. eff Moore/PA‘Improve the NHS fast or people will fall for the charlatans’ – so says a departing trust head.

‘Improve the NHS fast or people will fall for the charlatans’ – so says a departing trust head. We’d do well to listen | Polly Toynbee

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We’d do well to listenPolly ToynbeeIn his 46 years of service, Nick Hulme has seen the best and the worst of the NHS.
He issues a stark warning about its futureI catch him before he slips out of the NHS ahead of Christmas.
After 46 years in the health service, no better time for an exit interview with a leading NHS trust chief executive, who has seen the best and worst of it.
Nick Hulme is in brutal truth mode.
He has one foot out of the door of his East Suffolk and North Essex NHS foundation trust, just as the resident doctors strike for the 15th time, amid a rampant flu crisis.

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‘Improve the NHS fast or people will fall for the charlatans’ – so says a departing trust head. We’d do well to listen | Polly Toynbee

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