NHS England Podcast

The last session of the fourth meeting of the NHS Assembly focused on the Future of General Practise. Listen to our third and final podcast to find out what happened when Simon Enright, caught up with Dr Vishanka Ratnasuriya and Clare Gerada after their session. The podcast also features an interview with Dr Nikki Kanani, Director of Primary Care for NHS England and NHS Improvement who is chairing the national access review for General Practice.

Prerana Issar, Chief People Officer at NHS England and NHS Improvement returned to the Assembly to discuss the work needed to support the implementation of the NHS people plan. Building on this discussion in the second podcast we've created a special podcast about supporting NHS staff, and stamping out racism in the NHS. This conversation features Prerana Issar, Chief People Officer at NHS England and NHS Improvement and Assembly Members Russell Viner and Fatima Khan Shah.

The Assembly heard from Professor Michael West, Visiting Fellow at the Kings Fund and author of the report Caring for Doctors, Caring for Patients, which directly connects the wellbeing of doctors with better patient outcomes and experience. Simon Enright, Director of Communications at NHS England and NHS Improvement, caught up with Michael after his session regarding workforce. Listen to the interview and summary of the discussion in podcast one below.

With Population Health Management (PHM) charting the way for systems and primary care networks (PCNs) to precisely understand the people in their communities who need more support we hear from a team in Berkshire West integrated care system (ICS) already using these techniques. Bringing together colleagues from across the system – GPs, data analysts, acute specialists, third sector and many more – they started by working together more effectively then analysed data using new techniques and finally implemented local solutions to address individual patients’ needs. Their results have shown how this integrated way of working improves patient outcomes, reduces pressure on professionals and saves money. With prime examples of why PHM is a critical building block for ICSs and PCNs alike, this discussion will aid anyone wanting to efficiently deliver true personalised care and better health for decades to come.

Episode 17 - NHS Assembly: The NHS Assembly Podcast - September 5th Edition by NHS England

Clinical directors and pharmacists, Helen Kilminster and Graham Stretch, in conversation with Will Owen about the setting up of clinical pharmacy in PCNs. Helen and Graham give their advice and highlight some top tips to help PCNs learn from their experience and establish their pharmacy team.

Professor Jaqueline Dunkley Bent – Chief Midwifery Officer for England talks to Jessica Clasby-Monk, David Monteith and Hayley Leyshon about how we can better work with bereaved parents to make maternity services safer in future. They are joined by Lisa Ramsey, Service User Lead for NHS England and NHS Improvement.

Michael Wood, Head of Health Economic Partnerships at NHS Confederation leads a discussion with colleagues in Dorset integrated care system (ICS) about how place-based partnership working, particularly between the ICSs, Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEP), universities and others can be of enormous benefit to a system and its population. It's the forging of mutually beneficial partnerships to influence cross-sector plans that has seen Dorset able to have a more joined-up approach to workforce challenges and service provision. Listen to the podcast to find out why they think embedding integrated care systems within their LEP and forging those relationships should be seen as essential.

In this episode we talk to Dr Hannah Morgan, the Clinical Director of Hayling Island Emsworth primary care network, about how she is developing her PCN, her role as clinical director and some initial aims and objectives as the PCN partners begin to work together.

Clinical leadership is key to serving the needs of local populations and making true integrated care a reality - but how can health and care systems support clinicians into these vital leadership roles? In our latest podcast, Dr Amanda Doyle, GP and leader of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS), is joined by Professor Des Breen, medical director for South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw ICS and Andrea Mann, one of a small group of nurses appointed as a Primary Care Network Clinical Director, to discuss how their systems are approaching the task. With a wealth of clinical leadership experience between them the discussion sheds light on proven ways to develop and support a pipeline of clinical leaders.