National Health Executive Podcast

Chief Executive of social care enterprise, Turning Point, Lord Victor Adebowale, joins us for the third NHE podcast, giving us insight into the difference he’s made during his 20 years at Turning Point and what he hopes to achieve in his new role at NHS Confederation.With hosts Emily Rodgers and Matt Roberts, and our first on-the-go podcast, from Angel square in Manchester, the conversation covers the three key challenges of healthcare in the West and how the third challenge needs to serve the first two. Main topics include technology in the healthcare industry and new models of service delivery to benefit the end user. Victor talks at length about the challenges of the industry, but with unwavering optimism for the future, as long as “It’s about thinking long and learning short.”Whether you are in the healthcare industry or not, this podcast will bring you insightful information from a man brimming with experience. Victor is also chair of Social Enterprise UK and is passionate about improving the lives of people, particularly those “on the sharp end of universal care law”, and working towards a one stop healthcare shop for citizens.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Claire Watson, recovery academy lead at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, joins us on the second-ever NHE podcast, talking us through general mental health and the state of care for it currently, as well as what she sees in her role as the potential solutions, and causes, of the problem.The Recovery Academy, set up in 2013, is where Claire now spends her time, helping facilitate shared learning around mental health at the facility – which acts as a college within a functioning mental health hospital.As she describes, it wasn’t the initial route she’d planned but a “series of fates” saw her end up in the current role, where as of October 1, 2019 she assisted in launching the academy’s 14th prospectus, now offering 66 courses and catering to more than 7,500 learners.Mental health remains, understandably therefore, a huge pressing issue in Claire’s mind for the modern-day health and social care sector. In her eyes, as a mum to a teenage daughter, there is immense and constant pressure on young people and as such there needs to be real care and attention put into addressing mental health concerns they might have.“Mental health doesn’t happen in isolation” – that was the most powerful statement of Claire’s during the podcast, and rings true as she discusses just how we should look to help address wider problems if we are to genuinely tackle mental health issues.There is so much great, important conversation to indulge yourself with in this podcast, but equally we bring a little bit of a light onto who Claire is herself.So, what two songs keep our incredible guest in good spirits, and can you beat her score on our health news quiz?!Finally, who would Claire most want to sit down with at a dinner party and pick their brains? It’s a dinner table we certainly think many would be interested to listen into! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr Tracey Vell MBE, chief executive of Manchester LMC, clinical director of Health Innovation Manchester and associate lead for primary care at the Greater Manchester Health & Social Care Partnership, joins us in the studio for our first NHE podcast, giving us exclusive insight into the health environment and innovation going on in Greater Manchester.This timely half hour episode takes a deep dive into the roles of Dr Vell, discussing NHS frustrations, health innovation and why there needs to be fewer meetings.Meaningful change in NHS leadership is a hot topic of the episode, with a couple of "this is quite controversial..." moments, Dr Vell gives us an unfiltered and honest opinion to the current health care sector and why she wants to start a new conversation regarding NHS' "falling workforce."Find out how she thinks that the use of digital will bring about better access into healthcare and why digital innovation is everywhere.With a medical quiz taking her back to her training days and her call for "disrupting culture", this debut NHE episode is not one to be missed.Can you guess who she would invite to her dinner party? I'll give you a clue - he divides the nation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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