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Elisabeth Buggins, Chair of Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust, discusses the role of the board with regards to quality and regulation, and looks at the lessons we could learn from the financial services sector.

Cynthia Bower draws on her experience as former Chief Executive of the Care Quality Commission to discuss what the quality drivers are in different parts of the system and whether we are expecting too much from the regulator.

With the Francis Inquiry report due in the autumn, Dr Anna Dixon, Director of Policy at The King's Fund, discusses the role of the regulator and looks at how care quality for patients can be improved.

Chris Ham asks what is the productivity gap, how the NHS can deliver the savings needed, and what are the risks.

Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell MP, Chair of the House of Commons Health Select Committee, discusses what successful commissioning looks like and whether the new system will deliver the changes necessary to meet the Nicholson challenge.

Andrea Young, Regional Director Designate (South) at the NHS Commissioning Board Authority, looks at how the new commissioning system should work and the challenges and opportunities that will arise from the reforms.

Pippa Gough gives her perspective on the care her parents have received, what good care looks like, and how and why care varies across the health service.

Dr Steve Morris, Clinical Psychologist. discusses the benefits of providing a session for staff from all disciplines to discuss difficult emotional and social issues arising from patient care.

Samantha Swinglehurst, Lead Nurse, Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders Service, explains how the Schwartz Center Rounds® work and who presents at them.

Keith Hunt, Complementary Therapy Co-ordinator, shares the story he presented at a Round and the lessons he's learnt since the Rounds were established at the Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust two years ago.

Shirena Counter, Therapy Clinical Operations Manager, shares a moving story from one of the Rounds and talks about how they have benefitted staff at the hospital.

Catherine Davies, Acting Director of the Co-operation and Competition Panel, looks at how competition will shape the provider landscape and what the new regime will mean for NHS providers.

Candace Imison, Deputy Director of Policy at The King's Fund, gives an overview of the QIPP challenge, where we are now and the challenges for NHS providers going forward.

Sir Robert Naylor, Chief Executive at University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, discusses the big challenges facing NHS providers and looks at whether mergers are the answer to financial and performance issues.

Dr Mark Goldman, Chief Executive, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust was part of the expert panel at the BMJ and The King's Fund debate: This House believes doctors are neglecting their duty to lead health service change. Here, he opposes the motion.

Dr James Mountford, expert consultant, McKinsey and Company's London Healthcare Practice sat on the expert panel for the BMJ and The King's Fund debate: This House believes doctors are neglecting their duty to lead health service change. Here, he proposes the motion.

Dr James Cave, GP, Berkshire West Primary Care Trust, was part of the expert panel at the BMJ and The King's Fund debate: This House believes doctors are neglecting their duty to lead health service change. Here, he opposes the motion.

Richard Bohmer, Harvard Business School, opened the 2009 debate from The King's Fund and BMJ, giving an international perspective on the importance of the individual against the importance of the processes of the organisation as a whole.

Professor Alan Maynard, Professor of Health Economics, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, proposes the motion that doctors are neglecting their duty to lead health service change at the 2008 debate hosted by The King's Fund and the BMJ.

Cancer patient and author Colin Ludlow thinks better and simpler communication would improve patient experience. This audio has been collected as part of The King's Fund work programme, the Point of Care.

Chris Ham, Ben Page and Anna Dixon take questions from the floor at the 'Future Challenges for the NHS' conference at The King's Fund in June 2010.

Panel debate: Anna Dixon asks what the incoming government means for the NHS and what should the government’s first priority for the NHS be at The King's Fund conference on the future of the NHS. The panel consisted of: Robert Creighton, Chief Executive, NHS Ealing Professor Steve Field, Chair, former Royal College of General Practitioners Malcolm Lowe-Lauri, Chief Executive, University Hospitals...

What are the challenges for the NHS? Chris Ham, Chief Executive at The King's Fund, asks what the future holds for the coalition government and the NHS.

The NHS, the election and after... Ben Page, Chief Executive at Ipsos MORI, explains how the public view the NHS and the election at the 'Future Challenges for the NHS' conference at The King's Fund.

Where is the NHS now? Anna Dixon, Director of Policy at The King's Fund, reviews the achievements of the government and the NHS over the past 13 years.