The Business of Healthcare Podcast with Tara Humphrey

This week on The Business of Healthcare Podcast I discuss Comparison & Fear of Missing Out. It's something even the most confident of people can worry about and I have to remember that even with the best planning in the world, sometimes you then have to take a step back. We need to prioritise, think about the pressure to contribute and become better at saying no, it's not a bad thing. It's difficu...

Welcome back to The Business of Healthcare Podcast episode 178 where this week I am talking to Louise Clague who is the Donor Recruitment Manager for DKMS. They are an international charity dedicated to the fight against blood cancer and blood disorders.   I am so proud to be an ambassador for DKMS and what they stand for and it great having the opportunity to speak to Louise to spread the message...

Today on the business of healthcare podcast I have the pleasure in talking about The Business of Healthcare Mentorship Programme and the Health & Care Inequality Grant.  Last year we created an initiative called the business of healthcare scholarship, and we created that to provide mentorship and professional development grants to healthcare professionals from ethnically diverse backgrounds, looki...

Welcome back to The Business of Healthcare Podcast where this week I am talking to Alison Reid who is the CEO at Community Dental Services.  What I really liked about this interview is that I don't share the interview questions with the guest in advance and Alison was just in my opinion, so clear in articulating the values, her culture compass, the focus for the next 18 months, her leadership styl...

Today on the business of healthcare podcast I have the pleasure in talking about - How do we share what we do? Referring also to a great book that I have read recently - Show your Work by Austin Kleon.  Don't overthink it.  Document what you are doing.  Share the behind the scenes.  Start to jot down the things that are happening in your work life that you think could be helpful, that you think ar...

Geraldine Parker-Smith NHS Blood & Transplant  Welcome back to The Business of Healthcare Podcast where this week I am talking to Geraldine Parker-Smith who is the National Diversity Marketing Manager for NHS Blood & Transplant. We discuss all things giving blood and why it is so important for people to continue to donate.  We touch on what it means if you have sickle cell disease and why giving b...

This week on The Business of Healthcare Podcast I wanted to discuss the importance of making time to meet with your team even when you feel like there is no time.    A few of the questions that I discuss 👇    What is the importance of getting more time to talk to get to know each other?    What do you prioritise?    When we come together as a team, I have some quick ways to kickstart the meeting,...

Welcome back to The Business of Healthcare Podcast episode 172 where I have the pleasure of speaking with Ziad Laklouk   Ziad is a pharmacist, and he also holds a position at Soar Beyond. In this interview, Ziad shares his pharmacy journey and what led him into working in primary care networks and for Soar Beyond which is a private organisation providing workforce solutions for pharmacists and oth...

#171 Understanding the context you work within   So in this podcast, I just wanted to really briefly give my take on why it's so important we really understand and study the context that we work within.  We are all the centre of our own universe and we all want people to do what we want them to do and sometimes we forget that we are working in a complex adaptive system.  Topics to listen out for; ...

Welcome back to the Business of Healthcare Podcast – where I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Neil Baulita.  Neil is a NHS Governor, Co-Chairman LGBTQ network and Sexual Well-Being Specialist at King's College NHS Foundation Hospital. A Writer, Speaker, Human Rights Activist and Health Equity campaigner.   We had a very open and honest conversation around a some of the things the LGBTQ co...

BH169 – Demand, Capacity & Variation   In this short solo episode, I am going to be talking about Demand, Capacity & Variation which was inspired from a session I attended recently.  Sometimes that means saying no, sometimes that's investing, also thinking about when does it need to be a standard operating procedure? When do we need to just trust people to get on with the job and skillsets in trai...

BH168 Always Looking Forward with Matthew Cleevely from 10to8  In today's episode I had the pleasure of talking with Matthew Cleevely from 10to8 which is a company who specialise in appointment scheduling who work across multiple industries but do a lot of work within the NHS.  We discuss who are 10to8 and what they deliver to their clients, their unique selling point, How Matthew always looks for...

#167 Finding the factors that support your success    In this solo episode, I am going to be talking about finding the factors that support your success.  So for those of you that are new to listening or regular listeners, I would class myself as a very practical and very logical person and the advice that people share on the podcast is also very practical and very logical. A few guests talk about...

In today's episode I had the pleasure of talking with Dr Lia Hunter, Lia has over 25 years experience in the pharmaceutical and bio-pharmaceutical industry and is the Founder & Managing Director of CGX Training and Clinnovate Ltd.  Lia is a clinical research associate and lead and also works in project management.  Lia and her team will make sure the end to end process of your clinical research tr...

#165 How to enhance your recruitment & retention   In this solo episode, I am going to be talking with you and sharing with you, my experiences and lessons learned in recruiting and retention.   I wanted to have a discussion around recruitment, and I believe that whether you find it easy to recruit, or you are finding recruitment challenging at the moment, there will be some insights and practical...

Today on the Business of Healthcare Podcast I speak to Elliott Engers who is the Co Founder and CEO at Infinity Health who are a task management platform for staff to share and coordinate care in real time, they are a startup and this idea, and this product has been 10 years in the making. Thank you so much Elliott for taking the time to record this podcast, I absolutely love this conversation. I...

163 Why Consistency Is The Key To Your Success In this weeks episode I wanted to talk to you about the  importance and the benefits of being consistent, and to raise the question with you around what areas of your business, work or services you could look at to create some more consistent habits and systems for people to follow?    I think consistency is really important because it builds trust. P...

162 - Clare Vale Let the results speak for themselves  Today on the Business of Healthcare Podcast I speak to Clare Vale who is the Managing Director at Sign Solutions.   Claire is an accountant by background and moved into the Managing Director role.  She shares with us her journey and gave us a lesson and a behind the scenes of how to write successful NHS tenders. She talks about keeping up with...

161 How to get out of your own way   We all turn to trusted colleagues or friends for advice, but sometimes we want real advice, not just to be told how brilliant we are. When you find those colleagues it's their advice that will push you to being a better leader and help you go in the right direction.    Today I'm talking about how you don't have to do everything by yourself, asking for and getti...

Today on the Business of Healthcare Podcast I speak to Katherine Pitts who is the Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer at IC24. We explore Integrated Care and Katherine brings her expertise and experience to share with us today.  This week on the Business of Healthcare:   Katherine's career journey  What is IC24 (Integrated Care 24)  How do people work together whilst breaking down competitiv...

#159 Why you should revisit your plans   Making goals for your work and home life can help give you direction of where you want to go. I've always made 12 month goals, but recently I've been able to plan further ahead and see the vision of my business for the next 3 years.  Today I'm sharing why it's important to make goals, but also why it's important to remind yourself of your goals as you go, a...

158 Leaving the NHS with Dr Rachael Rooney  In today's episode I am talking with the wonderful Dr Rachael Rooney. Rachael is a GP by background and now specialises in providing lifestyle medicine and advice.  Rachael talks about the push and pull factors, which led to her stepping out of her general practice. We also talk about the doctor title and how important it is to Rachel, whether she's goin...

157 Do not say no because you are scared  Welcome back to the business of healthcare podcast. I hope you guys are doing well. In this episode, I wanted to do a little bit of a re-introduction as we have new listeners, which is absolutely fab, and I also wanted to say thank you to our regular listeners, we love that you come back each week and spend your time listening to our Podcast.   We launched...

#156 A Sense of Responsibility to Speak Out - with Cedi Frederick Welcome back to the Business of Healthcare Podcast – this episode is extremely, extremely special to me. I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Cedi Frederick.  Cedi is the Chair at NHS Middlesex University Hospital, he is an entrepreneur, a coach and mentor and he also sits as a Non Executive Director.  Cedi's background is in...

BH155 – How transactional activities lead to transformational change with Sophie Edwards  In this short episode I will be sharing an extract with from one of my very early podcasts with Sophie Edwards Click  here  to be taken to the original episode.  Sophie is an organisational development consultant, a facilitator and a certified coach and trainer and she is fantastic.  I met her working through...