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In this episode, Susan Bahl, head of media at NHS Providers, discusses the latest edition of Providers Deliver which shows how trusts are working to improve services for children and young people across sectors. The report features five case studies of trusts who are committed to improving the outcomes and experiences of children and young people.

Susan is joined by:

• Sir Terence Stephenson - chair of NHS Providers and Nuffield Professor of Child Health at UCL’s Great Ormond Street Institute
• Hannah Hayes - former senior policy officer at NHS Providers
• Professor Mitch Blair, consultant paediatrician (retired) and Emeritus Professor of Paediatrics and Child Public Health, Imperial College London 
  
  

This special edition of the provider podcast comes from NHS Providers’ annual conference and exhibition in Liverpool. Adam Brimelow discusses trust leaders’ hopes and fears as we head into winter, standout moments from the conference and the key role of NHS Providers in supporting members and helping shape the ‘next generation’ NHS. 

He is joined by:

Susan Bahl - Head of Media, NHS Providers 
Alastair McClellan - Editor, Health Service Journal 
Sir Julian Hartley- Chief Executive, NHS Providers.

In the latest episode of The Provider Podcast, host Adam Brimelow discusses the ethnicity pay gap in the NHS with guest speakers Dianne Greyson, founder of the #EthnicityPayGap Campaign, Saira Ramadan, partner at Hempsons and Asmina Islam Chowdhury, NHS Providers programme development manager for Race Equality. The episode looks at what causes the gap, the risks of inaction and the steps trusts are taking to tackle it.
 
To learn more about this topic, read our new guide: Counting the cost: understanding your ethnicity pay gap, co-produced with leading healthcare law firm Hempsons. Read the guide

We'll be discussing this topic further at our Annual Conference and Exhibition.

In this episode we're talking about productivity in the NHS, as it's a big focus of debate  at present and a headline priority.

We know this push to add value is taking place amid mounting financial pressures, NHS Providers’ latest report Providers Deliver: achieving value for money showcases examples where trusts – including hospitals, mental health, community and ambulance services – are finding new ways to provide better care and add value for money.

Host Adam Brimelow talks to Thea Stein, chief executive at the Nuffield Trust, Saffron Cordery, deputy chief executive at NHS Providers and our policy advisor for finance, Sandy Cook.

In this episode, we’re focusing on the upcoming general election and what it means for the NHS. 

The health service is certain to be at the centre of debate and voters’ concerns. That means close, often critical scrutiny at a time of unprecedented challenges on operational performance, financial pressures and concerns over quality and safety.

Host Susan Bahl talks to head of health and social care at Ipsos, Anna Quigley, NHS Providers deputy chief executive Saffron Cordery and head of policy and public affairs Ferelith Gaze.

In this episode of The Provider Podcast we focus on health inequalities. 

The need to tackle unjust and avoidable differences in people’s health has been a longstanding concern, but the issue has shot up the agenda in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Host Susan Bahl talks to Rachael McKeown, NHS Providers policy advisor for health inequalities, Christine Camacho, public health registrar at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust and Dominique Allwood, director of population health, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust about our new practical guide for NHS Trust board members to help overcome these inequalities. 

In this episode of The Provider Podcast we focus on social care, a service that's suffered from years of neglect, underinvestment, and broken promises. Host Susan Bahl talks to Sir Andrew Dilnot and NHS Providers chief executive Sir Julian Hartley about the wide ranging challenges facing the social care sector and how the NHS can support this highly valued partner.

In this episode of The Provider Podcast, host Susan Bahl talks to NHS Providers chief executive Sir Julian Hartley about his first year in the role. We'll discuss the highs and the lows, his transition from leading a major trust to his more recent role with a membership association, and what the future holds for NHS providers and the NHS itself in 2024.

In this episode, host Adam Brimelow talks to NHS Providers policy officer Hannah Long about the data on NHS performance this winter and how it compares to the year before.

He also speaks with Felicity Taylor-Drewe, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's chief operating officer, about its new Integrated Care Alliance Coordination Centre. This innovation improves collaboration and supports effective decision-making, improving patient flow at a challenging time for all.

We're at our annual conference and exhibition in Liverpool. Delegates share their experiences of this year's flagship event with our director of communications Adam Brimelow, telling us about the standout sessions and key takeaways for healthcare leaders.

Director of communications Adam Brimelow discusses the innovative work done by six trusts to enable wellbeing within their organisations, as part of our Providers Deliver autumn report. NHS Providers policy advisor Zosia Walecka talks us through each case study, highlighting the challenges, the approaches taken and factors behind their success.

Hear in more detail about Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust's efforts to get their strategic approach right and Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust's work to create an inclusive and compassionate workplace culture.

Director of communications Adam Brimelow hosts this episode, reflecting on the key announcements, messaging and takeaways from this year's party conferences, focusing on workforce wellbeing and capital investments in the NHS.

Our senior external affairs manager Kerry Racher discusses the announcements made by Labour, the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives, and the effects these would have on the NHS.

NHS Providers chief executive Sir Julian Hartley shares his experience of his party conference debut and explores the importance of representing NHS Providers at these events.

Head of media Susan Bahl hosts this episode on how trusts are working to destigmatise mental health, including efforts to integrate mental health services within their surrounding communities.

Deputy chief executive Saffron Cordery shares leaders' current biggest concerns and dissects what exactly is needed to improve services for patients, in line with this year's World Mental Health day theme 'mental health is a universal right.'

Hear also from South West London and St Georges Mental Health trust chair Ann Beasley and integrated programme director Ian Garlington as they discuss their latest redevelopment project, and how they're creating a new community around and within their mental health trust.

This episode focuses on the importance of electronic patient record systems (EPRs) in trusts’ digital transformation journeys.

NHS Providers deputy chief executive Saffron Cordery shares background information on the need for and impact of EPRs, and some of the challenges trusts encounter.

NHS England’s former director of transformation Dr Tim Ferris discusses what he learnt in the role, how the UK’s journey compares to the US’ and what he would have done differently if he had the chance to go back.

 In this episode Susan Bahl hears about the highlights from our recent regulation report.

NHS Providers deputy chief executive Saffron Cordery, policy advisor Mariya Stamenova and Care Quality Commission chief executive Ian Trenholm discuss the report's key findings, themes and next steps for healthcare regulation. You can also hear some of the member insights gathered from the survey.

Recorded live at our Governance 2023 conference, Adam Brimelow speaks to NHS Providers chief executive Sir Julian Hartley about the first year of integrated care systems (ICSs) and how they've improved outcomes across a range of services.

Hear also from two conference speakers, Manjeet Gill and Hattie Llewelyn-Davies, as they share their insight on the importance of provider collaboratives in system working, discussing some of the toughest challenges facing the sector and how trusts can overcome them. 

In this episode we mark NHS England’s new Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) improvement plan, taking a look at what lies behind a successful approach. Susan Bahl hears from NHS Providers workforce senior policy officer Olli Potter on some of the key EDI challenges.

She also talks to the head of EDI at Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Arfan Bhatti, who describes their 'Roadmap to inclusion' and some of the tangible steps they've put in place to support EDI at Kings.

And there's an update from NHS Providers’ Race Equality programme lead Asmina Islam Chowdhury, who explains why we introduced our race equality programme for trusts, its aims, and how it’s helping trust boards.

In this Pride month special, NHS Providers senior research analyst and LGBTQ+ network chair Luís Costa da Silva discusses the importance of staff networks in the NHS.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust chair Peter Molyneux shares his perspective on the role leaders have as well as the obstacles, challenges and areas of progress he has seen over the years.

You'll also hear from Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and North East London Foundation Trust as they highlight the impact their networks have had on building a sense of community and creating a safe space for wellbeing for staff.

We discuss the case studies spotlighted in our latest Providers Deliver report on patient flow. NHS Providers policy advisor Jonathon Holmes discusses what patient flow means and why it matters so much to the NHS.

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust director of strategy and partnerships Ann Hepworth explains the benefits of the trust's community diagnostic centre.

The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust acute medicine consultant Tendekayi Msimanga and acute care advanced clinical practitioner Nkazimulo Ndlovu tell Adam Brimelow how Same Day Emergency Care improved patient flow for their trust.

In this episode we look at NHS workforce challenges and solutions. NHS Providers policy advisor Sarah White guides us through findings from the latest NHS staff survey. She reflects on record vacancies, race equality within the NHS and the lasting legacy of industrial action.

We also hear from Dr Jo Daniels, principal author of a joint report from the University of Bath and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, on the challenges of staff retention in emergency departments.

Finally, the chief executive at Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, Anthony Hassall, sets out how they've managed to improve staff wellbeing.

In this episode we hear from NHS Providers chief executive Sir Julian Hartley as he discusses the importance of capital investment to the NHS and reflects on the recent spring budget.

Our new presenter Susan Bahl also speaks to policy advisor Patrick Garratt as he sets out the wider picture on how trusts are expected to transform their estates with the capital investment at hand.

Closing our NHS Winter Watch series for 2022/23, NHS Providers head of media Susan Bahl reflects on the whether trust leaders’ worst fears for winter matched the reality, and how it played out in the media.
 
 Senior research analyst Luís Da Costa Silva runs through some of the key statistics and answers the question 'was it really the worst winter for the NHS?' Finally, ambulance and operational pressures policy advisor Jonathon Holmes dives into winter’s impact on handover delays and ambulance services.

As part of our Race Equality: Spotlight on series this episode hears from NHS England's (NHSE) head of inclusive system development Tracie Jolliff as she shares the work she leads in developing her building leadership for inclusion programme and how the pilot evaluation aided her learnings in this work. 

Adam Brimelow also hears from NHSE head of support and transformation Eniola Oladipo about the role of leaders in creating psychologically safe environments and supporting staff equality and the learnings from implementing staff networks across the sector. 

In this series, trust leaders from varying sectors and backgrounds share the one thing they would implement to improve services across the health and care system.
 
Our director of communications Adam Brimelow speaks to Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust chair Jagtar Singh on his idea to avoid and prevent inequalities if he were to take control of health and social care for a day.

In our 'One Thing I Would Do series, trust leaders from varying sectors and backgrounds share the one thing they would implement to improve services across the health and care system.

In the second instalment, our director of communications Adam Brimelow speaks to North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust chief executive Helen Ray to discuss what she would introduce if she had overarching power over the health and social care system for one day.

 In this week's podcast, NHS Providers’ new chief executive Sir Julian Hartley shares what influenced him into joining us and what he believes NHS Providers can achieve in the future.

The second half of this episode introduces a new mini-series, 'One Thing I Would Do', where trust leaders from varying sectors and backgrounds share their ideas for improving health and care services. Sir Julian shares his big idea for boosting quality improvement and how he’d make the NHS the fastest-improving health service in the world.

In this episode, Adam Brimelow reflects on the toughest winter in the history of the NHS with insights from Miriam Deakin, NHS Providers’ director of policy and strategy. There’s also a summary of what the performance figures tell us, from senior research analyst Luís Costa da Silva.

We hear from Hospital at Home physician Professor Dan Lasserson and onsultant in acute medicine and geriatrics Dr Jordan Bowen of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. They explain how their programme helps ease pressures while offering a more convenient and comfortable environment for patients. They also talk about working with the BBC Panorama team, which featured their approach in a new documentary.

In this episode, we're recording live from our first face-to-face annual conference and exhibition since 2019, before the pandemic.

Our director of communications Adam Brimelow reflects with Keith Willett, chair at South Central Ambulance Service, Jinjer Kandola, chief executive of Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, and HSJ deputy editor Dave West.

Adam also speaks to NHS Providers’ next chief executive Julian Hartley about his highlights of the two days in Liverpool, and his thoughts as he prepares to take on his new role. The episode concludes with NHS Providers’ interim chief executive Saffron Cordery explaining why this year’s theme 'Resilience' was so important.

For Black History Month, we hear from Selina Ullah, chair of Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, on how strength in diversity in the NHS can benefit staff and patients and the contribution that white allies can make to push change for race equality in the health and social care sector.

We also talk to Foluke Ajayi, chief executive at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, about the importance of diversity within healthcare systems and leadership, the understanding of this within communities and the journey the NHS is still on to a fairer leadership across the system.

In this episode, Adam Brimelow sits down with NHS Providers interim chief executive Saffron Cordery to discuss the importance of World Mental Health Day, and her particular concerns for the mental health of children and young people as we move on from the pandemic. Saffron also highlights the importance of addressing  inequalities of mental health need and access to care in the NHS.  

Adam is also joined by Sarah Kline, chief executive of United for Global Mental Health, who emphasises the continuing need to tackle stigma and discrimination, and to educate people about mental health. We also hear from Ifti Majid, chief executive at Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, who discusses how mental health needs have changed over recent years, and how his trust has responded.

In this episode, Adam Brimelow sits down with NHS Providers interim chief executive Saffron Cordery and director of policy and strategy Miriam Deakin to discuss the implications for Trusts ahead of the ‘go live’ date for ICSs on 1 July, placed on a statutory footing under the new Health and Care Act.

The episode looks at how the Act reflects and formalises moves to greater integration, often led by trusts, and how the changing landscape is providing opportunities for providers to adapt and expand their roles to improve care and help build healthier communities.

Adam also hears from Dr Ify Okocha, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust chief executive, and Peter Lewis, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust joint chief executive, leaders on the ground who in different ways are adapting successfully to the new landscape.

This episode focuses on tackling community and ambulance backlogs in the NHS. We begin by hearing from Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust's clinical lead for discharge and intermediate care Karen Hutton, and Marguerite Harvey, a clinical lead physiotherapist based in A&E, as they explain their discharge to assess new initiative which sees patients assessed in their own home.

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust's clinical response and governance manager (and paramedic) Simon Jennings, and Charlotte Underwood, a nurse in their new clinical hub, share details of how the new hub in their emergency operations centre helps deliver the right care to patients first time.

We also hear from Julia Bryant, one of Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust's quality leads, and Emily McCardle, clinical lead and speech and language therapist, whose children's speech and language therapy team has been working to equip teachers virtually to support children with their language, communication and social skills.

This episode focuses on tackling hospital backlogs in the NHS. We begin by hearing from King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust head of neurosurgery Ranjeev Bhangoo and Dr Clive Kay, chief executive at the trust, whose neurosurgery team uses extra theatre time and capacity to carry out 750 more operations a year. And we speak to a patient’s sister about their experience of this new process.

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust clinical director of orthopaedics Colin Senior and James Smith, an orthopaedic consultant and clinical lead for the assessment centre, who have managed to reduce total waiting lists by 52%.

We also hear from Eilish Midlane, Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust chief operating officer and Alaina Yardley, lead cardiac physiologist, on their approach of using remote home monitors to follow-up with thousands of patients.

This second episode from our Providers Deliver season focuses on tackling mental health backlogs in the NHS. We begin by hearing from Rod Booth, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust director of performance, Neil Balmer, programme manager of South London Listens, and Albinia Stanley, community organiser in Southwark and Peckham, as they talk about how their trust works with local partners.

Kelly Barker, Bradford District Care NHS Trust general manager for mental health services, and Helen Davey, Mind Bradford chief executive, share the pressures they face and how they work with voluntary and community organisations to better meet growing demand for the area’s adult community.

We also hear Sian Wimbury, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust deputy chief operating officer, and Jane Arands, strategic lead, who share their innovative ways of working collaboratively with other mental health trusts and private sector providers in the area through the North West Bed Bureau.

In this episode we kickstart our brand new Providers Deliver series, focusing on setting the scene for the episodes ahead and providing background and context to the range of care backlogs that the NHS is currently facing. 
We hear from Anna Quigley, Ipsos research director, as she shares her latest insights on the impact of the pandemic on levels of public support for the NHS, and the extent to which those perceptions are affected by care backlogs and treatment delays.
Dr Bola Owolabi, NHS England and NHS Improvement director of health inequalities, joins us to reflect on how the pandemic exacerbated health inequalities and the importance of the NHS recovering services in an inclusive way. Dr Owolabi also shares what NHS England and NHS Improvement are doing in response to the latest insights trust leaders have shared about additional practical support they would welcome to recover services inclusively. 
We also hear from Miriam Deakin, NHS Providers director of policy and strategy, and Ella Fuller, NHS Providers policy advisor. They explain the depth and breadth of care backlogs across the NHS and the impact on patients, families and carers, NHS staff and the wider system.

In this episode, Adam Brimelow sits down with Chris Hopson to discuss the final Ockenden review. NHS Providers senior policy manager Finn O'Dwyer-Cunliffe and policy advisor Sarah White also join Adam to discuss the findings from last week's NHS staff survey results, which highlights the harsh reality of those on the frontline over the past two years.

This episode focuses on the critical subject of race equality. Coinciding with the launch of our new report, Race 2.0 - Time for real change, Adam Brimelow speaks with chief executive Chris Hopson, who shares his journey on how to be actively anti-racist.

Deputy chief executive Saffron Cordery discusses our anti-racism statement and what actions we're taking, while associate director of programmes Jenny Reindorp discusses the findings. We’re also joined by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust non-executive director Sim Scavazza to discuss how the NHS (and NHS Providers as an organisation) needs to do more and the challenges we must tackle personally and professionally.

In this episode Adam Brimelow discusses the 'living with COVID' plan with NHS Providers deputy chief executive Saffron Cordery. He is joined by specialist advisor Toby Lewis, Luke O’Shea and Natalie Davies to discuss our climate change report, Climate change is a public emergency.

Toby discusses the context for our new report and the challenges ahead, while Luke and Natalie give examples from their respective trusts on their sustainability journey and explain how they're attempting to create a greener NHS. 

In this episode Adam Brimelow is joined by NHS Providers chief executive Chris Hopson to discuss the recent change of approach to mandatory vaccinations and Senior Policy Manager Georgia Butterworth, who gives an insight to how trusts are preparing for system working and what NHS Providers is doing to support integrated care boards as the date for statutory integrated care systems looms.

Adam Brimelow invites Chris Hopson, NHS Providers chief executive, Saffron Cordery, deputy chief executive and Luís Costa da Silva, Senior Research Analyst, to assess the impact of Omicron and the latest statistics indicating how the NHS is handling winter pressures.

The NHS is in a challenging position. In this episode, Adam Brimelow invites Chris Hopson, NHS Providers chief executive, and Saffron Cordery, deputy chief executive, to share the latest on the Omicron variant, recent government announcements surrounding booster vaccinations and the impact these have on the health and care sector.

In this episode we share Amanda Pritchard's keynote speech from our virtual Annual Conference #NHSP21. She reflects on the past 18 months in the NHS and outlines her priorities as chief executive of NHS England, including responding to winter pressures, supporting the COVID-19 vaccination programme, recovery from non-COVID services and transforming the NHS, particularly in areas of partnerships, workforce and digital transformation.

Adam Brimelow revisits some of the key moments from NHS Providers' annual conference 2021. Including HSJ deputy editor Dave West, and NHS Providers chief executive Chris Hopson, we listen back to what was said by Amanda Pritchard, NHS England chief executive, Sajid Javid, secretary of state for health and social care, Anita Charlesworth, director of research and the REAL Centre at the Health Foundation, and Saffron Cordery, our deputy chief executive. 

In this episode Adam Brimelow speaks with Saffron Cordery, NHS Providers deputy chief executive, on the latest funding announcements in the NHS, including capital investment and concerns surrounding NHS workforce education and training. She updates on our upcoming annual conference going virtual, and how the theme of 'Together' is still relevant to all.

October is Black History Month, a rich part of our history and something we should recognise all year round. This episode covers how inclusion and diversity are being implemented and supported throughout our trusts.

Saffron Cordery, NHS Providers deputy chief executive, Ifti Majid, chief executive at Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and Steve McManus, chief executive of Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, discuss the actions board members are taking to promote racial equality and be actively inclusive through their conversations and actions as leaders.

A lot has happened in the past few months, particularly when it comes to funding announcements for the NHS. In this episode Chris Hopson, NHS Providers chief executive, and Miriam Deakin, NHS Providers director of policy and strategy, speak to Adam Brimelow to discuss who they apply to, where the new funding can be used, what to expect in the upcoming spending review and what NHS Providers have been working toward. We also discuss the financial implications from COVID-19 and the potential hardships of winter 2021.

In this episode Adam Brimelow speaks with Daniel Reynolds, NHS Confederation director of communications, and Carrie-Ann Wade, director of communications at North East London NHS Foundation Trust, on the importance of communications in the NHS, how to support your comms colleagues, how COVID-19 impacts comms professionals, and all you need to know about our upcoming NHS Communicate Conference and Awards.

In this episode of our Digital Boards season, Saffron Cordery speaks with national NHS leaders Navina Evans, Health Education England chief executive, and Sonia Patel, NHSX chief information officer, about digital acceleration, tackling health inequalities in digital, what trust boards should prioritise to progress their digital maturity and how trusts can support their workforce during digital transformation.

In this episode of our Digital Boards season, Saffron Cordery speaks with UK-based technology suppliers about the relationship between digital teams in the NHS and technology.

Other guests include Andreas Haimboeck-Tichy, IBM director, Health and Social Care Council at Tech UK chair, and Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust non executive director, Shane Tickell, TempleBlack chief executive and founder and Health and Social Care Council at Tech UK vice chair, and Dr Nicholas Andreou, Locums Nest co-founder.

In this episode of our Digital Boards season, Saffron Cordery speaks with Shera Chok, The Shuri Network co-founder and chair, NHS Digital deputy chief medical officer and NHS England and NHS Improvement national clinical advisor, Patricia Miller OBE, Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust chief executive and board director for the NHS Race and Health Observatory, and Andy Callow, group chief digital information officer at Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust.