Health On The Line

CEO for Sussex Integrated Care Board Adam Doyle is a former physiotherapist and Clinical Commissioning Group leader. He talks to Matthew about the difference that working collaboratively as integrated care systems makes, the need to lean into what other local services are doing and learn from others, and the wide variety of tools that leaders need in order to lead successfully.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist Isabel Hardman talks to Matthew Taylor about the current state of politics, the NHS and what the health service can realistically deliver over the next few months and beyond. The author also shares her impressions of the new health and social care secretary’s approach, her own experiences of mental health, and the book she is writing on the history of the NHS. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Prof Joe Rafferty on the power of population health management, a decade of NHS leadership and managing risk this winter and beyond.28 September 2022With more and more insights on the extent of health inequalities across the country, how can systems turn knowledge into change? Population health management is powerful tool argues Prof Joe Rafferty CBE, as he sits down with Matthew Taylor to explore the difference the approach is making in the North West. As chief executive of Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust since 2012, Joe also discusses the benefits of leading an organisation over a long period of time and how to recognise, share and mitigate risk at system level.This activity was delivered as part of the NHS Confederation and Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Collaborative Working Agreement. Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK have had no involvement or influence in the content of this podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What did Sir Gordon really think? In our latest Health on the Line podcast, General Sir Gordon Messenger discusses with Matthew his recent review of NHS leadership and his recommendations, his hopes for implementing those reforms and the need for a strong and continual statement from leadership that a focus on leadership and workforce is utterly central to better patient outcomes.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) Chair for Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care System and Leader of Surrey County Council Tim Oliver tells Matthew that integrated systems are all about equal partnerships, how joint appointments help avoid turf wars and how the ICP holds the key to delivering a strategy for addressing the wider determinants of health.    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does the health and care system need from the Long Term Plan refresh? In a special episode recorded at NHS ConfedExpo, Matthew Taylor takes soundings from system leaders, exploring their hopes and fears for updates to the plan. Hear from Simon Whitehouse, chief executive designate for Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ICB; Louise Ansari, national director of Healthwatch England; and Omotajo Kufeji, a GP partner and clinical director for The Bridge PCN, Milton Keynes, as they consider what needs to be different and how it can resonate with system partners, staff and service users. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does the future hold for primary care? NHS England and NHS Improvement’s medical director for primary care Dr Nikki Kanani sits down with Matthew Taylor to discuss multidisciplinary teams in primary care, lessons from the pandemic, the Fuller Stocktake and shifting further towards a population health management approach. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the latest Health on the Line episode, Gregor Henderson, former director of Mental Health for Public Health England and strategic adviser to on-line platform Togetherall, talks to Matthew about the challenges of digital innovation in mental health, the link between health inequalities and mental health and why the need to invest in the wider determinants of mental health is vital. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the latest Health on the Line episode, Professor Donna Hall, architect of the well-known ‘Wigan deal’ and Chair of Bolton NHS Foundation Trust talks to Matthew Taylor about the importance of community engagement in systems as part of our Integration and Innovation in Action series. She talks about the need to have different conversations with people to build resilient communities and resilient individuals, and the work she is involved in in investing in the first 1,000 days of life as a key point of intervention. She also talks about the need for integrated care systems to be clear about what they are going to do, and to ask themselves the honest question, how integrated are we?   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode covers the important issue of patient safety. Matthew Taylor talks to campaigner Susanna Stanford about how a traumatic personal experience of the health service changed her. It led her to use what happened to talk with clinicians and medical students about the patient perspective when things might go wrong. She has used her experience positively to encourage a more open culture in the health service where clinicians can support one another to help prevent errors, and to deal with them better when they occur. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.