The Provider Podcast

In this Pride month special, NHS Providers senior research analyst and LGBTQ+ network chair Luís Costa da Silva discusses the importance of staff networks in the NHS. Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust chair Peter Molyneux shares his perspective on the role leaders have as well as the obstacles, challenges and areas of progress he has seen over the years. You'll also hear from Oxford Universi...

We discuss the case studies spotlighted in our latest Providers Deliver report on patient flow. NHS Providers policy advisor Jonathon Holmes discusses what patient flow means and why it matters so much to the NHS. Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust director of strategy and partnerships Ann Hepworth explains the benefits of the trust's community diagnostic centre. The Mi...

In this episode we look at NHS workforce challenges and solutions. NHS Providers policy advisor Sarah White guides us through findings from the latest NHS staff survey. She reflects on record vacancies, race equality within the NHS and the lasting legacy of industrial action. We also hear from Dr Jo Daniels, principal author of a joint report from the University of Bath and the Royal College of Em...

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.

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 Da Costa 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...

As part of our Race Equality: Spotlight on series this episode hears from NHS England's (NHSE) head of inclusive system development Tracie Jolliff as she shares the work she leads in developing her building leadership for inclusion programme and how the pilot evaluation aided her learnings in this work.  Adam Brimelow also hears from NHSE head of support and transformation Eniola Oladipo about the...

In this series, 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.

In our 'One Thing I Would Do series, 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, our director of communications Adam Brimelow speaks to North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust chief executive Helen Ray to discuss what she would introduce if she had overarching...

 In this week's podcast, NHS Providers’ new chief executive Sir Julian Hartley shares what influenced him into joining us and what he believes NHS Providers can achieve in the future. The second half of this episode introduces a new mini-series, 'One Thing I Would Do', where trust leaders from varying sectors and backgrounds share their ideas for improving health and care services. Sir Julian shar...

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 tell us, from senior research analyst Luís Costa da Silva. We hear from Hospital at Home physician Professor Dan Lasserson and onsultant in acute medicine and geriatrics Dr J...

In this episode, we're recording live from our first face-to-face annual conference and exhibition since 2019, before the pandemic. Our director of communications Adam Brimelow reflects with Keith Willett, chair at South Central Ambulance Service, Jinjer Kandola, chief executive of Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, and HSJ deputy editor...

For Black History Month, we hear from Selina Ullah, chair of Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, on how strength in diversity in the NHS can benefit staff and patients and the contribution that white allies can make to push change for race equality in the health and social care sector. We also talk to Foluke Ajayi, chief executive at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, about the importance of d...

In this episode, Adam Brimelow sits down with NHS Providers interim chief executive Saffron Cordery to discuss the importance of World Mental Health Day, and her particular concerns for the mental health of children and young people as we move on from the pandemic. Saffron also highlights the importance of addressing  inequalities of mental health need and access to care in the NHS.   Adam is also...

In this episode, Adam Brimelow sits down with NHS Providers interim chief executive Saffron Cordery and director of policy and strategy Miriam Deakin to discuss the implications for Trusts ahead of the ‘go live’ date for ICSs on 1 July, placed on a statutory footing under the new Health and Care Act. The episode looks at how the Act reflects and formalises moves to greater integration, often led b...

This episode focuses on tackling community and ambulance backlogs in the NHS. We begin by hearing from Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust's clinical lead for discharge and intermediate care Karen Hutton, and Marguerite Harvey, a clinical lead physiotherapist based in A&E, as they explain their discharge to assess new initiative which sees patients assessed in their own home. Yorkshire...

This episode focuses on tackling hospital backlogs in the NHS. We begin by hearing from King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust head of neurosurgery Ranjeev Bhangoo and Dr Clive Kay, chief executive at the trust, whose neurosurgery team uses extra theatre time and capacity to carry out 750 more operations a year. And we speak to a patient’s sister about their experience of this new process. D...

This second episode from our Providers Deliver season focuses on tackling mental health backlogs in the NHS. We begin by hearing from Rod Booth, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust director of performance, Neil Balmer, programme manager of South London Listens, and Albinia Stanley, community organiser in Southwark and Peckham, as they talk about how their trust works with local partners...

In this episode we kickstart our brand new Providers Deliver series, focusing on setting the scene for the episodes ahead and providing background and context to the range of care backlogs that the NHS is currently facing.  We hear from Anna Quigley, Ipsos research director, as she shares her latest insights on the impact of the pandemic on levels of public support for the NHS, and the extent to w...

In this episode, Adam Brimelow sits down with Chris Hopson to discuss the final Ockenden review. NHS Providers senior policy manager Finn O'Dwyer-Cunliffe and policy advisor Sarah White also join Adam to discuss the findings from last week's NHS staff survey results, which highlights the harsh reality of those on the frontline over the past two years.

This episode focuses on the critical subject of race equality. Coinciding with the launch of our new report, Race 2.0 - Time for real change, Adam Brimelow speaks with chief executive Chris Hopson, who shares his journey on how to be actively anti-racist. Deputy chief executive Saffron Cordery discusses our anti-racism statement and what actions we're taking, while associate director of programmes...

In this episode Adam Brimelow discusses the 'living with COVID' plan with NHS Providers deputy chief executive Saffron Cordery. He is joined by specialist advisor Toby Lewis, Luke O’Shea and Natalie Davies to discuss our climate change report, Climate change is a public emergency. Toby discusses the context for our new report and the challenges ahead, while Luke and Natalie give examples from thei...

In this episode Adam Brimelow is joined by NHS Providers chief executive Chris Hopson to discuss the recent change of approach to mandatory vaccinations and Senior Policy Manager Georgia Butterworth, who gives an insight to how trusts are preparing for system working and what NHS Providers is doing to support integrated care boards as the date for statutory integrated care systems looms.

Adam Brimelow invites Chris Hopson, NHS Providers chief executive, Saffron Cordery, deputy chief executive and Luís Costa da Silva, Senior Research Analyst, to assess the impact of Omicron and the latest statistics indicating how the NHS is handling winter pressures.

The NHS is in a challenging position. In this episode, Adam Brimelow invites Chris Hopson, NHS Providers chief executive, and Saffron Cordery, deputy chief executive, to share the latest on the Omicron variant, recent government announcements surrounding booster vaccinations and the impact these have on the health and care sector.

In this episode we share Amanda Pritchard's keynote speech from our virtual Annual Conference #NHSP21. She reflects on the past 18 months in the NHS and outlines her priorities as chief executive of NHS England, including responding to winter pressures, supporting the COVID-19 vaccination programme, recovery from non-COVID services and transforming the NHS, particularly in areas of partnerships, w...