Health On The Line

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.

Fiona Adamson, Chair of the PCN Federation Network and also Chief Executive of Hartlepool & Stockton Health GP Federation, talks about the role of GP Federations, why she thinks the vaccine programme was so successful and the continuing pressures on primary care. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Matthew Kershaw, chief executive of Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, talks to Matthew Taylor about the challenges of elective recovery in south-west London. Exploring the steps the area is taking, the place-based leader for health shares why, at the height of the pandemic, local partners took the radical decision to set up a hospital within a hospital to continue elective care. The discussion forms part of our new Integration in Action series, a collection of webinars, reports and podcasts that each month reflects a different aspect of integrated care making a difference on the ground. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Does culture eat strategy for breakfast? In this episode, Matthew Taylor sits down with Ifti Majid, chief executive of Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and co-chair of the NHS Confederation’s BME Leadership Network, to discuss organisational culture in times of crisis, the characteristics of effective boards, supporting staff through the pandemic and why 4,000 handwritten notes have made a massive impact. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the first episode of Health on the Line, Matthew Taylor talks to ICS Lead for West Yorkshire and Harrogate, and HSJ Chief Executive of the Year, Rob Webster, about his view on system working, on the NHS workforce being its best asset, and how experiences within his own family have taught him important lessons about leadership and being open about our experiences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.