Speaking to the panel that includes former health secretary Lord Bethell, science presenter Dr Michael Mosley, and Beeban Kidron, filmmaker, Kuenssberg asked about the issues of the NHS.

Dr Mosley said that he fears they are ignoring the real problem, which is obesity, particularly in childhood.

Bethell believes that they got the wrong doctrine, and they should be more focusing on mental health. "They should not treat the sickness faster but they should prevent disease, and make the country healthier," he says.

Kidron thinks that if every political party threatens throwing social care down the line, the "NHS will never be fixed".

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg is live now on BBC One, the BBC News Channel, BBC iPlayer and here on this page.

Expect questions to the guests on a range of issues, including the NHS England’s new 15-year workforce plan to create thousands of new roles, and Labour’s focus on education plans.

You can follow the programme live by clicking the Play button at the top of this page.

There is a broad spectrum of headlines in this morning’s papers, with no one story dominating the news coverage.

Phillipson is likely to be asked about the Times lead story, external, which reports an investigation into asbestos in schools estimates as many as 10,000 pupils and staff may have been killed by exposure to toxic asbestos fibres since the 1980s.

The paper is mounting a national campaign to have all asbestos - which was banned nearly 25 years ago - removed from buildings, suggesting more than six million tonnes may still remain.

There is extensive coverage of the riots in France which continued for a fifth night, following the death of a 17-year-old who was shot by police during a traffic stop on Tuesday.

Elsewhere, eclectic headlines include accusations by the Sunday Express, external that groups opposing the government’s Rwanda asylum plan are receiving funds from the taxpayer to the tune of £1.5bn.

And the Observer’s lead story, external, which reports two thirds of England's biggest water companies are employing key executives who used to work at the industry's watchdog Ofwat, raising fresh concerns over what it calls a "revolving door" between the regulator and industry.

Read more here.

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The targets include:

• Doubling medical school places for student doctors to 15,000 a year
• A 50% increase in GP trainee places for junior doctors from 4,000 to 6,000
• 24,000 more nurse and midwife student places a year - close to double the number now
• Doubling training places for nursing associates to more than 10,000 by 2031
• Increasing training places for physician associates to 10,000 by 2036

Laura Kuenssberg
Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

The British have a love-hate relationship with the NHS.

According to researchers at the King's Fund, the public gave the NHS its worst rating since records began 40 years ago. Just 29% said they were satisfied with the NHS in 2022.

And yet we still love it. A whopping 90% of the public agrees the service should be free and available to everyone.

But with more than seven million people on waiting lists, almost everyone knows someone who isn't getting the care they need.

As the NHS approaches its 75th anniversary, politicians are falling over themselves to praise the service.

Read more here

Nick Triggle
Health Correspondent

Figures for 2022 show an absence rate - the proportion of days lost - of 5.6%, meaning the NHS lost the equivalent of nearly 75,000 staff to illness.

This is higher than during the peak pandemic years of 2020 and 2021 - and a 29% rise on the 2019 rate.

Mental health problems were the most common cause, responsible for nearly a quarter of absences, the Nuffield Trust analysis of official NHS data shows.

Big rises were also seen in colds, coughs, infections and respiratory problems, likely to be linked to the continued circulation of Covid as well as the return of flu last year.

Read more here.

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg is due up at the top of the hour, and you can watch the programme without leaving this page by clicking on the play button in the picture above.

Stay with us for the latest news lines, quotes and video clips as we follow the show, which this week features Amanda Pritchard, Steve Barclay, Bridget Phillipson and Christina Koch.

You can watch the programme live by clicking the Play button at the top of this page.

Kuenssberg’s main guest today is Amanda Pritchard, NHS England’s chief executive, who just days ago joined the PM in announcing the NHS’s “historic” 15-year workforce plan.

This week we’ve heard questions raised about the 110,000 vacancies in the health service, strikes, staff pay and poor working conditions. So what might come up?

• We're likely to hear about the state of the NHS and how it aims to tackle staff wages, which weren’t mentioned in the new plan
• Pritchard is likely to be quizzed on the upcoming consultant and junior doctors’ strikes over pay, and if this could impact the timeframe of the new NHS plan
• Staff sickness levels are at a record high in the NHS in England, so it’s likely Pritchard will be asked how to tackle this

We’ll have to wait and see what she’s asked - and you can do that by sticking with us right here on this page.

Jamie Whitehead
Live reporter

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of today’s big political interviews as we bring you the latest updates, reaction and analysis from Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.

We’re at the end of what’s been another busy week in government, including a major NHS England workforce announcement and a lively Prime Minister’s Questions where Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer clashed on housebuilding and mortgages.

We’re expecting to hear more on the NHS plan in today’s programme as NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard is Kuenssberg’s main guest.

In the world of UK politics, we’ll hear from Labour’s shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson and Health Secretary Steve Barclay.

And we also have an astronaut on the show. Christina Koch is set to be the first ever female Nasa astronaut to orbit the moon, she’s coming in for a chat.

I’m joined by my colleagues Victoria Lindrea and Ece Goksedef, ready to bring you all the latest this Sunday morning. As ever, the programme’s due to kick off at 09:00 BST - you can watch it live on BBC One and iPlayer or by clicking the Play button at the top of this page.