The Provider Podcast

In the latest episode of The Provider Podcast, host Adam Brimelow discusses the ethnicity pay gap in the NHS with guest speakers Dianne Greyson, founder of the #EthnicityPayGap Campaign, Saira Ramadan, partner at Hempsons and Asmina Islam Chowdhury, NHS Providers programme development manager for Race Equality. The episode looks at what causes the gap, the risks of inaction and the steps trusts are taking to tackle it.   To learn more about this topic, read our new guide: Counting the cost: understanding your ethnicity pay gap, co-produced with leading healthcare law firm Hempsons. Read the guide We'll be discussing this topic further at our Annual Conference and Exhibition.

In this episode we're talking about productivity in the NHS, as it's a big focus of debate  at present and a headline priority. We know this push to add value is taking place amid mounting financial pressures, NHS Providers’ latest report Providers Deliver: achieving value for money showcases examples where trusts – including hospitals, mental health, community and ambulance services – are finding new ways to provide better care and add value for money. Host Adam Brimelow talks to Thea Stein, chief executive at the Nuffield Trust, Saffron Cordery, deputy chief executive at NHS Providers and our policy advisor for finance, Sandy Cook.

In this episode, we’re focusing on the upcoming general election and what it means for the NHS.  The health service is certain to be at the centre of debate and voters’ concerns. That means close, often critical scrutiny at a time of unprecedented challenges on operational performance, financial pressures and concerns over quality and safety. Host Susan Bahl talks to head of health and social care at Ipsos, Anna Quigley, NHS Providers deputy chief executive Saffron Cordery and head of policy and public affairs Ferelith Gaze.

In this episode of The Provider Podcast we focus on health inequalities.  The need to tackle unjust and avoidable differences in people’s health has been a longstanding concern, but the issue has shot up the agenda in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Host Susan Bahl talks to Rachael McKeown, NHS Providers policy advisor for health inequalities, Christine Camacho, public health registrar at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust and Dominique Allwood, director of population health, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust about our new practical guide for NHS Trust board members to help overcome these inequalities.