Health On The Line

In the latest Health on the Line episode, Matthew Taylor speaks to Sir Richard Leese, chair designate of Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board, about provider collaboratives and tough decisions, lessons the system has learned from COVID-19, and the extent to which central government 'gets' devolution. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the latest Health on the Line episode, Matthew speaks to Charlotte Augst, CEO of National Voices, the leading coalition of health and social care charities in England with more than 190 members covering a diverse range of health conditions and communities. Charlotte talks pandemic, living with Covid, health inequalities and a new National Voices initiative to link people with lived experience of the health service with health professionals to help inform their approach to providing health and care. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our latest Health on the Line podcast episode is with Confed member Professor Kiran Patel, Chief Medical Officer, Deputy CEO and Consultant cardiologist at University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire. He talks with Matthew about population health as part of our Integration and Innovation in Action series, his passion for addressing health inequalities and how he believes elective recovery and health inequalities can be bed fellows. He also says there needs to be the right balance between localism and nationalism when discussing the role of the centre, but that the health service is at an exciting stage where it can really explore the benefits of digital delivery.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Newcastle Hospitals received the UK’s first coronavirus patients in January 2020. Two years on and with the NHS dealing with the biggest backlog it has ever faced, the trust’s chief executive, Dame Jackie Daniel, explores why bolder thinking is needed to tackle spiralling waiting lists. Sitting down with Matthew Taylor, Dame Jackie gets candid about the challenges of her role, striking the right balance between central and local leadership, and why the health sector needs to ‘lean in’ when working with local authorities. Speaking shortly after the debut of the Channel 4 documentary Geordie Hospital, she shares why letting the cameras in was so important. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vaccines have proved a vital lifeline in the fightback against COVID-19, with our collective safety largely reliant on the efficacy of vaccines developed by pharmaceuticals companies. For the pharmaceutical sector, as in the healthcare sector, innovation has been the byword for the pandemic response. But what have been the lessons? And how might the NHS and pharmaceutical sector work in partnership to confront pressing healthcare challenges?Uday Bose, country managing director and head of human Pharma at Boehringer Ingelheim UK & Ireland, sits down with Matthew Taylor to consider the issues. Uday, who also chairs the European Medicines Group, also explores how pharmaceuticals are increasingly working with patients and taking account of patient experience. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At times of immense pressure, how can health and care services work together to create capacity outside of hospitals? In this episode, we’re joined by Dr David Oliver, an expert in geriatric medicine, who reflects on different approaches, delayed discharges and the impact of dwindling places in care homes. Speaking as concerns mount over the Omicron variant, he sheds light on life at the frontline and the long-term problems the pandemic has cast under the spotlight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr Kathy McLean, chair designate of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care System, talks system working in the wake of the pandemic, the point of difference between integrated care boards and integrated care systems, and the role of the centre in system success. The former NHS Improvement medical director and chief operating officer also explores the shift in attitudes towards the LGBTQ+ community and the progress yet to be made. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Professor Sandeep Ranote, consultant paediatric psychiatrist and mental health lead for Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership, talks clinical leadership, system working and how the pandemic has affected young people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Professor Sir Chris Ham, chair of the Coventry and Warwickshire Health and Care Partnership and co-chair of the NHS Assembly, shares his view on the state of health and social care, the prospects for integrated care systems, the vital role of primary care and why he believes it’s time for a moratorium on further organisational change in the NHS. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Professor Trish Greenhalgh, professor of primary care health sciences at the University of Oxford, provides a scientific take on the COVID-19 pandemic and its implications on primary care and scientific innovation. The world-renowned professor and trained GP also offers her view on virtual care, vaccine inequity and why innovation happens at times of turbulence. The discussion forms part of our new Integration in Action series which reflects on different aspects of integrated care making a difference on the ground. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.