NHS England Podcast

Sickle cell is a life-long debilitating condition that predominantly affects people of black African and black African Caribbean background. This podcast series explores what it is like to have sickle cell and what the NHS is doing to improve sickle cell care following publication of the No One’s Listening report. In episode 1 Dr Dianne Addei, a consultant in public health medicine and NHS England...

Audio version of the NHS invitation for a winter COVID-19 vaccination for people at increased risk of serious illness because of a health condition. A transcript of this episode is available on our website - https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/covid-19-vaccination-audio-invitation-increased-risk/ Contact us: england.contactus@nhs.net

The Patient safety healthcare inequalities programme has resulted in the generation of recommendations for improvement that were co-designed with clinicians, patient safety specialists, people with lived experience or expertise in inequalities, and our lay patient safety partners (PSPs). In particular, our two PSPs were part of this large multi-disciplinary group which met virtually each month. He...

A short podcast with colleagues in Cornwall talking about the benefits of Life planning and how they can support people with a learning disability and autistic people to move out of mental health hospitals. A transcript of this episode is available on our website - https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/life-planning-in-the-south-west/ Contact us: england.learning.disability@nhs.net

A short podcast where Amy talks about her personal experience of life planning and how it supported her to move out of a mental health hospital. A transcript of this episode is available on our website - https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/amys-story/ Contact us: england.learning.disability@nhs.net

National Medical Examiner System - https://tinyurl.com/2z6e8en2 Medical examiners are senior doctors who provide independent scrutiny of the causes of death and are supported by medical examiner officers. They provide that independent scrutiny in three ways. They carry out a proportionate review of the medical records. They offer bereaved people an opportunity to ask questions and raise concerns....

A conversation about why acute physical deterioration needs addressing and how the acronym PIER (Prevention, Identification, Escalation and Response) can help do this across system pathways. Featuring Dr Aidan Fowler, National Director of Patient Safety in England and Laura Hailes, Nurse and Senior Improvement Manager at NHS England in the National Patient Safety Team. PIER is referenced on this p...

Your GP record suggests you may not have had 2 doses of the MMR vaccine. You need both doses for long-term protection against measles, mumps and rubella. It's now quicker and easier for you to catch up. You can book an appointment with your GP surgery, or you may be able to get your free MMR vaccine at some community pharmacies in certain areas. You can check if pharmacies are offering MMR vaccine...

The Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) is a new approach to learning from patient safety events in a way that leads to improvement in care. It was published in August 2022 and mandated in the NHS Standard Contract in April 2024.   In this podcast, Tracey Herlihey from NHS England’s national patient safety team talks with Jenny Coverley from Middlewood Practice in Cheshire about her...

This NHS England podcast is about innovative ways of working with people and communities, and specifically about how GP surgeries in Nottingham used an engagement process to learn how they could improve their support for patients with Type 2 Diabetes. You'll hear from Jo, a GP, Helen, a practice manager and Liv, a trainee practice manager who are all based in surgeries in an area of high social de...

This NHS England podcast is about innovative ways of working with people and communities, and specifically about how co-production is helping develop better long term support for stroke patients in West Yorkshire. You'll hear from Katie Johnson, Rehab & Life After Stroke Clinical Lead for the West Yorkshire & Harrogate Integrated Stroke Delivery Network and Andy Galloway, from the New Citizenship...

This podcast features Dr Alan Fletcher National Medical Examiner and Suzy Lishman, Senior Advisor on Medical Examiners at the Royal College of Pathologists discussing what the changes to death certification processes and new requirements to be introduced with the statutory medical examiner system will mean for medical examiners, medical examiner officers and others involved in death certification.

Audio versions of the national invitations for seasonal COVID-19 and flu vaccinations.

We know that the NHS is much more than its fantastic clinicians, requiring a diverse workforce in place dedicated to ensuring that a range of high quality and timely services can be delivered. Overseeing a section of this workforce is Amanda Rawlings, Chief People Officer, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust. In this podcast Amanda talks to Yinka Makinde, Director of Digi...

This podcast focuses on the vital role of NHS urgent community response services and how they are helping people stay well and independent at home. James Sanderson, Director of Community Health Services, NHS England, is joined by colleagues from East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust and Nottingham City Care Partnership who share insights into how ambulance and community teams are working toget...

Key to the success of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) https://www.england.nhs.uk/patient-safety/incident-response-framework/ is working collaboratively across organisations utilising the skills of colleagues from different departments. We have previously held two webinars discussing creating common ground between PS/QI and OD. Recordings are available on our FutureNHS platfo...

In this podcast, GPs and medical examiners from England and Wales discuss their experience of extending medical examiner scrutiny to deaths in community settings. It explains how partnership working between GPS and medical examiners improves the experience of bereaved people and explores advantages for GPs of starting work with medical examiners now, before medical examiners become a required part...

Amanda Pritchard speech to NHS Confed Expo conference, 14 June 2023

Welcome to ‘Integrated Care Systems – One Year On’, our new podcast part of our integrated care podcast series. This special episode brings together a panel of system leaders to discuss their reflections on the first year of Integrated Care Systems. In today’s episode, our panel will be looking at the challenges systems have faced, the progress they’re making to better integrate services and their...

The NHS England National Patient Safety Team has produced a third podcast to provide an overview of the feedback from the testing phases for the national Maternity Early Warning Score (MEWS) tool. This is the third of three podcasts from the NHS England National Patient Safety Team. In this podcast, Tony Kelly, National Clinical Advisor Maternity & Neonatal Safety Improvement Programme (MatNeoSIP)...

The Midlands team in NHS England has produced its first podcast on virtual wards. Dr Tim Taylor, Associate Medical Director at NHS England – Midlands talks to Dr Will Taylor, Chief Medical Officer; NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire; Florence O'Reilly, Lead Advanced Clinical Practitioner; Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust; Heather MacDonald, Programme Lead for Virtual Ca...

Welcome to the third and final episode of our new integrated care podcast series focusing on partnership working and relationship building across systems – Partnerships in Practice. This series brings together insight, knowledge and first-hand experience of how strong relationships have helped local partners to deliver more joined-up and effective responses to the collective challenges and pressur...

Welcome to the second episode of our new integrated care podcast series focusing on partnership working and relationship building across systems – Partnerships in Practice. This series brings together insight, knowledge and first-hand experience of how strong relationships have helped local partners to deliver more joined-up and effective responses to the collective challenges and pressures that s...

Welcome to the first episode of our new three-part integrated care podcast series focusing on partnership working and relationship building across systems – Partnerships in Practice. This series will bring together insight, knowledge and first-hand experience of how strong relationships have helped local partners to deliver more joined-up and effective responses to the collective challenges and pr...

This NHS England podcast explores how integrated care boards can work in partnership with people and communities to improve health, wellbeing and much more. Deputy Director for People and Communities at NHS England Olivia Butterworth, in conversation with Patricia Miller, Chief Executive at Dorset Integrated Care Board.