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Newcross Healthcare presents Voices of Care, a new podcast series hosted by healthcare market expert Suhail Mirza to discuss the issues, challenges and opportunities facing health and social care in the UK today. We are delighted to welcome wisdom and insight from leaders in NHS, private healthcare and from across social care: Sir David Nicholson, Dr Jane Townson, Professor Martin Green, Roisin Fallon-Williams and many more. Among other things, we’ll be debating how we can enable the workforce of the future through focuses on wellness, inclusion, retention, recruitment, and technology. Visit our Twitter and LinkedIn pages to get involved in the conversation.

Location:

United Kingdom

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Newcross Healthcare presents Voices of Care, a new podcast series hosted by healthcare market expert Suhail Mirza to discuss the issues, challenges and opportunities facing health and social care in the UK today. We are delighted to welcome wisdom and insight from leaders in NHS, private healthcare and from across social care: Sir David Nicholson, Dr Jane Townson, Professor Martin Green, Roisin Fallon-Williams and many more. Among other things, we’ll be debating how we can enable the workforce of the future through focuses on wellness, inclusion, retention, recruitment, and technology. Visit our Twitter and LinkedIn pages to get involved in the conversation.

Language:

English


Episodes

Charlie Massey - Voices of Care, Season 2 Episode 7

9/20/2023
In this episode we’re joined by Charlie Massey, CEO at the General Medical Council. Charlie sits down with our host, Suhail Mirza, to discuss the unprecedented workforce pressure and burnout the medical profession is facing, and the transformation envisaged by the NHS workforce plan.

Duration:00:29:30

Rowena Christmas - Voices of Care, Season 2 Episode 6

9/6/2023
Dr Rowena Christmas, Chair at The Royal College of General Practitioners Wales features on this episode of Voices of Care. Rowena sits down with host Suhail Mirza to discuss the transformation of the primary care sector in Wales & the prominent roles GPs will face within it.

Duration:00:26:54

Toby Lewis - Voices of Care, Season 2 Episode 5

8/9/2023
Toby Lewis, CEO at Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust, features on this episode of Voices of Care. Toby sits down with Suhail to discuss health inequalities, retention, the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, recruitment pathways and more.

Duration:00:31:14

Dr Ian Gargan - Voices of Care, Season 2 Episode 4

7/26/2023
Dr Ian Gargan, CEO at Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) sits down with Voices of Care host Suhail Mirza to discuss the current status of the independent sector and the role it can play in supporting the NHS.

Duration:00:23:58

Siva Anandaciva - Voices of Care, Season 2 Episode 3

7/12/2023
Siva Anandaciva, Chief Analyst at The King’s Fund, joins Voices of Care host Suhail Mirza this week to offer his insight into funding, international comparisons, the state of clinical facilities and more.

Duration:00:23:08

Stephen Dorrell - Voices of Care, Season 2 Episode 2

6/28/2023
Former Secretary of State for Health and Chair of Public Policy Projects Stephen Dorrell is our guest on #VoicesofCare this week. Stephen and host Suhail Mirza explore the issues facing healthcare, and what their solutions could look like, in this insightful episode.

Duration:00:32:26

Matthew Kershaw - Voices of Care, Season 2 Episode 1

6/14/2023
Matthew Kershaw, CEO of Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, joins Suhail Mirza on the first episode of Voices of Care: Season 2. Matthew boasts more than 30 years’ experience in healthcare and sits down with Suhail to discuss topics such as integration, transformation, partnerships and health inequalities.

Duration:00:31:41

Michael Manuccia - Voices of Care, Episode 24

5/17/2023
Michael Manuccia, CEO of FuturU, joins Suhail Mirza on this week’s Voices of Care to discuss staff shortages and development, technology and his vision for the future.

Duration:00:21:51

Helen Whyley - Voices of Care, Episode 23

5/10/2023
Helen Whyley, Director for the Royal College of Nursing in Wales, joins host Suhail Mirza on this week’s Voices of Care episode to discuss the pressures that led to industrial action, the future of nursing, diversity and much, much more.

Duration:00:27:30

Sim Scavazza - Voices of Care, Episode 22

5/3/2023
Sim Scavazza, Acting Chair at NHS Buckinghamshire Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board, sits down with Voices of Care host Suhail Mirza to discuss diversity, cultural change, innovation and the ongoing crisis the industry finds itself in.

Duration:00:23:47

Professor Kamila Hawthorne MBE - Voices of Care, Episode 21

4/26/2023
Professor Kamila Hawthorne MBE, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, joins Voices of Care host Suhail Mirza this week in a powerful interview. Kamila speaks passionately about funding, GP shortages, technology and inequalities in the eye-opening episode.

Duration:00:26:00

Oonagh Smyth - Voices of Care, Episode 20

4/19/2023
Oonagh Smyth, CEO of Skills for Care, is this week’s guest on Voices of Care and shares her valuable insight on the current state of the industry, as well as what the future has in store, with host Suhail Mirza.

Duration:00:24:35

Ian Smith - Voices of Care, Episode 19

4/5/2023
Ian Smith is the Chair of NHS Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board, who work with people in Surrey Heartlands to create better, healthier lives. They have a focus on prevention and support that’s targeted where it’s most needed to reduce the unfairness some people experience in accessing care, so nobody is left behind. Ian was previously Executive Chairman of Four Seasons Health Care and Chief Executive of the General Healthcare Group. In this episode of Voices of Care Ian talks to our host, Suhail Mirza, about the importance of offering career paths within the health and social care sector, the impact of the cost-of-living crisis and workforce sickness, and how vital inclusion is for retention.

Duration:00:26:14

Tim Orchard - Voices of Care, Episode 18

3/30/2023
Tim Orchard is a consultant physician and gastroenterologist and Chief Executive of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust which provides acute and specialist healthcare in North West London for around a million and a half people every year. It is one of the largest NHS trusts in England and together with Imperial College London forms an academic health science centre. In this episode of Voices of Care, Tim Orchard talks to our host, Suhail Mirza, about the importance of job satisfaction and attention to health and wellbeing within the workforce, the role of technology in the health and social care sector, and how vital it is to ensure that everyone is offered the same career progression opportunities.

Duration:00:25:46

Louise Stead - Voices of Care, Episode 17

3/23/2023
Louise Stead, CEO of the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, has more than three decades’ experience as a nurse and features on this week’s episode of Voices of Care to discuss several insightful topics, including the future of healthcare, staff wellbeing and recruitment, with host Suhail Mirza.

Duration:00:23:08

Richard Mitchell - Voices of Care, Episode 16

3/15/2023
Richard Mitchell, the Chief Executive of University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, re-joined the Trust as chief executive in October 2021 having worked as the chief executive of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for four years. Richard is also the Chair of the East Midlands Cancer Alliance and Midlands Regional and Talent Leadership Board. In this episode of Voices of Care, Richard Mitchell talks to our host, Suhail Mirza, about the importance of ethical international recruitment, how looking after the health and social workforce through providing the basics is key, and why we need to move beyond hope and into delivery.

Duration:00:26:40

Laura Skaife-Knight - Voices of Care, Episode 15

3/8/2023
This week’s guest on Voices of Care is Laura Skaife-Knight, Deputy Chief Executive at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kings Lynn. Over the past three years Laura has transformed the hospital from “basket case” into success story with a particular emphasis on staff wellbeing. Laura sits down with host Suhail Mirza to discuss some of the initiatives she implemented at the Norfolk hospital in an insightful and refreshing conversation.

Duration:00:23:47

Ian Trenholm - Voices of Care, Episode 14

3/1/2023
Ian Trenholm is the Chief Executive at the Care Quality Commission (CQC), an independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. The CQC strives to ensure health and social services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and encourage care services to improve. Ian joins host Suhail Mirza to discuss the strikes, gridlock and crisis facing the care industry in a transparent and honest interview.

Duration:00:27:14

Dr Donald Macaskill - Voices of Care, Episode 13

2/23/2023
Dr Donald Macaskill is the CEO of Scottish Care, the representative body for care providers in the independent sector, and has dedicated his career to the health and social care sectors across the UK. Dr Macaskill also sits on a number of governmental committees and workings groups and is a trustee for a number of charities. In this episode, Dr Macaskill discusses the current state of the care industry in an eye-opening discussion.

Duration:00:28:10

Stephen Pattrick - Voices of Care

2/21/2023
Stephen Pattrick is the CEO and Co-founder of Newcross Healthcare. Since 1996, Newcross Healthcare has been working with carers and clients at a grassroots level. Newcross Healthcare serves every part of Britain. Creating a truly joined up healthcare ecosystem, to ensure clients can find healthcare workers to fit their needs and nurses and carers can find work that fits around their lives. Stephen sits down with our host, Suhail Mirza, to discuss the future of hospital at home, using technology to improve patient outcomes and lower costs, democratise care through early diagnosis, and offer free training to enable the workforce of the future.

Duration:00:32:52