Exclusive video: Full NHS competition debate at RCGP conference

Watch NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson discuss whether competition in the NHS is healthy at the RCGP's annual conference in Glasgow.

Also on the panel with Sir David were WONCA president Professor Rich Roberts, Professor John Ashton, joint director of public health for NHS Cumbria and Cumbria County, and Lord Victor Adebowale, chief executive of health and social care organisation Turning Point.

Watch the full 45-minute debate only here.

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