This podcast discussion highlights an inspirational example of how one ICS is using digital ways of working and data to improve patient flow and alleviate winter pressures. In this podcast you’ll hear leaders from the NHS Gloucestershire integrated care board reflect on their role in driving this work, the benefits they have seen and the unique opportunities of the ICS to harness digital to drive impact. 

This podcast, as well as other resources, peer learning events and bespoke digital leadership development sessions, have been developed for ICS leaders as a part of the Digital ICS programme. This programme is delivered by NHS Providers in partnership with NHS Confederation and Public Digital and is designed to support ICS leaders to harness digital to deliver their system ambitions.

Alleviating winter pressures: how digital is supporting NHS Gloucestershire system flow

South Asian Heritage Month 2024

In the first in the series of our podcasts, Phil McCarvill, Deputy Director of Policy at the NHS Confederation, finds out from Jason Helgerson what the NHS can learn from New York's Medicaid programme.

'What the NHS can learn from international healthcare systems’ - Ep. 1: Jason Helgerson (US)

The National Mental Health Director Claire Murdoch talks to NHSCC Mental Health Commissioners Network chair Phil Moore about what is meant by parity of esteem between mental and physical health, and how we can achieve it.

In conversation: Claire Murdoch on parity of esteem for mental health

In the second episode in our podcast series exploring what the NHS can learn from international healthcare systems, Michael Wood, senior European policy manager at the NHS Confederation, talks to Göran Henriks, chief executive of learning and innovation at Qulturum, Sweden, about the organisation's leading learning and innovation programme. 

'What the NHS can learn from international healthcare systems’ - Ep. 2: Göran Henriks (SWE)

In the second of our daring to ask debate series, we brought together Director of External Affairs for the NHS Confederation, Helen Birtwhistle, to discuss the question of whether there is a future for smaller hospitals in the NHS, with Nuffield Trust CEO Nigel Edwards and former NHS England CEO Sir David Nicholson.

Is there a future for smaller hospitals in the NHS?

Amanda Doyle, co-chair of NHS Clinical Commissioners, in conversation on BBC Radio 4's Today programme regarding NHS financial challenges.


Amanda Doyle on BBC Radio 4 10082016

In this podcast with Dr Jens Winther Jensen, managing director for health in the Southern Denmark Region,  Dr Jens Winther Jenson talks about the Danish new quality approach which moves away from a system of hospital accreditation to focus on enabling local areas to determine their own priorities for improving care quality.

'What the NHS can learn from international healthcare systems’ - Ep. 3: Jens Winther Jensen (DNK)

In the third podcast in our Daring to Ask debate series NHS Employers chief executive Danny Mortimer and Nuffield Trust Director of Policy, Candace Imison discuss the challenges facing the nursing workforce.  

The podcast discusses the key topics of the debate at our Daring to Ask event on 17 November, which was jointly hosted by NHS Confederation, NHS Employers and the Nuffield Trust. The event brought together policymakers, commentators, national stakeholders, NHS staff, NHS leaders, and patient groups to constructively challenge current ways of thinking and offer new perspectives.

Can we solve the nursing workforce crisis?

This concluding episode in our international healthcare systems podcast features an interview with Santiago Delgado, director of business development at Spanish healthcare provider Ribera Salud. 

He reveals all about the Alzira model, a pioneering public-private partnership model spearheaded by Ribera Salud that has revolutionised care across Spain and captured imaginations across the globe.

'What the NHS can learn from international healthcare systems’ - Ep. 4: Santiago Delgado (ESP)

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