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 (published 12 January 2023) tell us, from senior research analyst Luís Costa da Silva.

In addition to this, we hear from Hospital at Home Physician Professor Dan Lasserson and Consultant in Acute Medicine and Geriatrics Dr Jordan Bowen of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. They explain how their Hospital at Home programme has helped ease pressures and they also talk about working with the BBC Panorama team which has featured their approach in a new documentary.

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Released: 18 January 2023

In this week's podcast, NHS Providers’ new chief executive Sir Julian Hartley explains why he made the move to NHS Providers and sets out his initial priorities.

The second half of this episode introduces a new mini-series, 'One Thing I Would Do', where leaders talk about a big change they would put in place if they had unfettered power over the NHS for a day. Sir Julian explains how he’d like to make the NHS the fastest-improving health service in the world.

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Released: 09 February 2023

In this episode, we continue our 'One Thing I Would Do series which hears 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 of this series, our director of communications Adam Brimelow speaks to North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust chief executive Helen Ray to discuss her big idea she would introduce if she had overarching power of the health and social care system for one day.

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Released: 16 February 2023

In this episode, we continue our 'One Thing I Would Do series which hears 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.

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As part of our Race Equality: Spotlight on series you'll hear from NHS England's (NHSE) head of inclusive system development Tracie Jolliff as she shares the work she has been leading in developing the Building Leadership for Inclusion programme (BLFI) and how the pilot evaluation has aided her learnings in this work.

Adam Brimelow also hears from NHSE head of support and transformation Eniola Oladipo on the role of leaders in creating psychologically safe environments and supporting staff equality, as well as the learnings she's discovered when implementing cross-sector staff networks.

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Released: 02 March 2023

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 Costa da 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.

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Released: 16 March 2023

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.

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