<p><strong><em>How many avoidable deaths are there in the NHS every week?</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>150.</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>What figure should we aim for?</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Zero.</em></strong></p><p>The NHS is the pride of Britain. It¿s an army of highly skilled and talented healthcare professionals, armed with the most cutting-edge therapies and medicines, and a budget bigger than the GDP of most countries in the world.</p><p>Yet avoidable failures are common. And the result is tragic deaths up and down the country every day.</p><p>Jeremy Hunt, the longest-serving Health Secretary in history, knows exactly what the cost is. In the letters he received from bereaved family members, he was constantly confronted by the heart-breaking reality of slip-ups and mistakes.</p><p>There is increasing conflict between public pride in the NHS and the exhausted daily reality for many doctors and nurses, now experiencing burnout in record numbers. Waiting lists are up