The Next GenCast

This episode is an extra special collaboration with the wonderful team at FairHealth . They are an amazing charity set up by GPs, offering free resources to help anyone in the NHS to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to work in areas of deprivation.   This episode is hosted by Dr Rachel Steen , producer of the brilliant Finding Fair Health podcast . Rachel is a GP in Sheffield, and...

We are back!   And this is an extra special episode to kick us off, with none other than Professor Sir Michael Marmot , the guru of health inequalities.   Sir Michael Marmot's work has changed how physicians, public health experts and governments think about health inequity. His work has been cited more than 250,000 times, and his influential Review has spread from the Eastern Mediterran...

Continuing our summer re-release series, this episode is with the amazing Dr Laura Neilson . Laura invariably moves our Next Gen audiences to tears and sparks standing ovations, because of her incredibly powerful story of influencing health inequalities from when she was only a medical student. Laura is the CEO of Hope Citadel Healthcare CIC , and a director of the Focused Care CIC - a unique appr...

Over the summer period we are re-releasing some some of our most popular conversations.... This conversation is with Karyn McCluskey , chief executive of Community Justice Scotland . I heard Karyn on a podcast a few years ago, and never forgot her story. Karyn trained as a nurse in the NHS, but has worked in the police for the last 22 years. She was Director of the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit...

We're taking a break over the summer, and re-releasing some of our most popular episodes. This one is with Sarah-Jane Marsh , CEO of Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital . Sarah-Jane joined the NHS via the Graduate Management Scheme. Appointed Chief Operating Officer at Birmingham Children’s Hospital in December 2007, and Chief Executive just over a year later, whilst still only 32, the Trus...

This is Episode 29, with Dr Bola Owolabi , Director of Health Inequalities at NHS England and NHS Improvement, COVID-19 has shone a harsh light on some of the inequalities that persist in our society, and Bola has been leading the NHS effort to accelerate progress in tackling this over the last few years in her national role. Bola also works as a GP in the Midlands, and has held various leadership...

Leadership starts with leading yourself, and there is no better person to help us understand ourselves than this week's guest- Hannah Miller. Hannah is one of our most popular speakers at Next Generation GP, and you'll see why! She's an amazing coach, supporting emerging leaders from all sorts of backgrounds using a strengths based approach to development and finding purpose. She's a fantastic spe...

This episode is a podcast takeover.... with one of our wonderful Next Gen GPs in Nottingham, Dr Sarah Armitage , taking on the role of host! Dame Helen Stokes Lampard , as she subsequently became known after the podcast was recorded, will be a familiar name and voice to many of you. Whether you’ve heard her in the media, giving speeches in her role as former Chair of the RCGP, or you might have he...

Lord Victor Adebowale has been responsible for some ground-breaking developments in his career as both a campaigner and a leader for the homeless, the unemployed, the disadvantaged and those with learning disabilities.  He is currently Chair of the NHS Confederation , which represents various NHS providers and commissioners.. Before this, he was Chief Executive of Turning Point for 18 years,...

Welcome to the first episode of 2022, and a very special guest.... For the past 30 years, Donald Berwick has been one of the leading authorities and innovators of quality and improvement both in the U.S. healthcare system and in the NHS. A paediatrician by background, Don was for 19 years the founding CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement . In 2010, he was appointed by President Barack O...

Welcome to the final episode of 2021, and our Christmas Special! Jake Humphrey is one of the UK’s best known TV presenters, and he is currently the lead Premier League football presenter on BT sport, having previously spent over a decade at the BBC covering Formula One and before that children’s television. Jake also hosts the High Performance podcast along with psychologist, Professor Damien Hugh...

Jeremy Hunt is currently the Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee . In the aftermath of the 2010 General Election, Hunt was appointed Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, responsible for delivering the 2012 London Olympic Games. He will be best known to many of us for his former role as Secretary of State for Health , a position he held from 2012-2018, making...

Dr. Margaret Ikpoh is a GP partner and current RCGP Faculty Chair for Humber and The Ridings . She's also Associate Director of Primary Care for Hull and York Medical School, a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners, one of of the co-champions of Yorkshire and Humber Clinical Research Network, a member of RCGP council, and she's a mum of two- so she’s very busy!  Marga...

Sir David Nicholson is currently Chair of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and more recently was also appointed Chair of Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, but he will be a familiar name to many as previous Chief Executive of the NHS. His career in NHS management started as a graduate trainee, and spanned more than 30 years including the most senior posts in the service. For 10 years...

Dr Nikki Kanani MBE doesn't need much of an introduction: over the last year she’s become a familiar face to many on the podium at Number 10 and has been one of the busiest GPs in the country. That's because since 2018 she’s been the Medical Director of Primary Care for NHS England and NHS Improvement - the first woman in the role. Prior to joining NHS England she was Chief Clinical Officer of NHS...

Our guest this week is Prof Dame Clare Gerada , probably known to many of you- in fact she’s been called the most well-known GP in Britain. She’s currently Medical Director of NHS Practitioner Health (a service for doctors and dentists with mental health problems), Chair of a charity called Doctors in Distress , and Co-Chair of the NHS Assembly . Clare has just passed her 31-year mile stone workin...

My guest this week is Sir John TImpson , Chairman and owner of Timpson. Yes of Timpsons, the high street shop where we, our parents and perhaps our grandparents have gone to have shoes repaired, keys cut or in my case have holes punched in shoe and watch straps because they are always too big!  John Timpson was born in 1943 and was educated at Oundle and Nottingham University. The Timpson fam...

Dame Barbara Hakin’s immense personal contribution to the NHS has spanned four decades – as a clinician, manager and national leader. During her long career she has worked as a GP for 20 years before taking up her first management role in the NHS, first as a Primary Care Trust Chief Executive in Bradford and then as a Strategic Health Authority Chief Executive in the East Midlands.  She went...

I've been really excited to do this episode for a while now. Dr Laura Neilson invariably moves our Next Gen audiences to tears and sparks standing ovations, because of her incredibly powerful story of influencing health inequalities from when she was only a medical student. Laura is the CEO of Hope Citadel Healthcare CIC , and a director of the Focused Care CIC - a unique approach to managing vuln...

After our last episode with Rachel Steen who is just embarking on her career as a qualified GP, for Episode 15 we spoke to someone retired from clinical practice, with decades of experience in clinical leadership to draw upom. This conversation is with Dr David Richmond , who is currently a Non-Executive Director at Birmingham Women and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. David was Medical Director a...

Our third episode of 2021 is with Dr Rachel Steen , who is a newly qualified GP in Sheffield with a passion for health inequalities . She is right at the start of her leadership journey, and a great example of someone who has transformed her perception of what leadership is, tackled her own imposter syndrome, and found the courage to make changes within her sphere. Rachel is the leader of the Trai...

Our second episode of 2021 is with Dr Martin McShane . Martin is currently Chief Medical Officer at Optum , with over three decades of NHS experience in both frontline clinical services and management. He trained as a general and vascular surgeon, and then became a GP partner in an ex-mining community in Derbyshire. In the early part of his career, he acquired substantial commissioning and executi...

Happy New Year! Our first episode of 2021 is with a young GP and rising star Dr Imogen Staveley . Imogen is newly qualified, having only been a GP for 6 years- but what she has achieved in that time is quite remarkable. She is a GP appraiser, Deputy Chair of Warwickshire North CCG, and a clinical lead in the Transforming Primary Care team of The Healthy London Partnership. She also recently gradua...

Our * Christmas special * is a fireside chat with the wonderful Sarah-Jane Marsh , CEO of Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital . Sarah-Jane joined the NHS via the Graduate Management Scheme. Appointed Chief Operating Officer at Birmingham Children’s Hospital in December 2007, and Chief Executive just over a year later, whilst still only 32, the Trust has been under her leadership for 12 year...

This conversation is with an inspiring leader earlier on in her career, Dr Sonali Kinra. Sonali is a friend and colleague, and has been part of a team leading our Nottingham Next Gen programme since it's inception. Sonali completed her undergraduate training in India and moved to England in 2004. She began practising as a GP in 2008, and since then she's been a GP partner, sessional GP, and c...