Welcome to Series 3 of The Provider Podcast. This series, from 2020-21, is themed around Winter Watch, our focus on pressures and performance from December-March. Listen back to all your favourite episodes below.
Released: 17 December 2020
In this live virtual recording, we manage to have a quick chat with experts from our very own NHS Providers analysis team about what trusts can expect over the coming winter months, the impact of COVID-19 and statistics from our first week of #NHSWinterWatch.
Released: 14 January 2021
In this episode Adam Brimelow speaks to Chris Hopson, NHS Providers chief executive, on the current situation in the NHS, the impact of misinformation and COVID-19 denial, and whether the vaccine really is a way out of lockdown.
Released 28 January 2021
We speak to CQC colleagues Heidi Smoult, deputy chief inspector for hospitals, and Debbie Ivanova, deputy chief inspector for adult social care, about the concerns surrounding winter inspections, infection prevention and control, and their clinician support tool Patient FIRST.
Released: 11 February 2021
We speak with experts from our analysis team about the developments in COVID-19 pressures, the impact of infection prevention measures, and what NHS trusts can expect in the coming months.
Released: 25 February 2021
Adam Brimelow, NHS Providers director of communications, and Chris Hopson, NHS Providers chief executive, speak with Amanda Pritchard, chief operating officer of the NHS, on the past year, the legacy the NHS will hold, and her own personal message to healthcare workers.
Released: 5 March 2021
In our final episode for our Winter Watch series we talk to our in-house analysis experts, Claire Helm and Julian Russell, as we decipher the impact that COVID-19 has had on the NHS over the winter months. We discuss the scale of comparison from previous winters, review critical care, and reflect on the great work of trusts leading us into the future.
