Our health: is it the economy, stupid? – with Torsten Bell and Diane Coyle
Episode 42. What's happened to our economy and what does it mean for our health?
The Health Foundation podcast Interviews with experts and high-profile guests discussing the most important issues affecting the future of health and care for people in the UK
Our podcast series looks at the most important issues affecting the future of health and care for people in the UK.
In each episode our chief executive Dr Jennifer Dixon interviews the leading minds in health and health care, and high-profile guests from politics and beyond, to get their views on the most topical issues and their implications for our health.
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Two commissions on the future of the NHS – with Rachel Sylvester and Parveen Kumar
Episode 41. With huge pressures on the NHS and squeezed public funds, what will its future look like?
Why aren't we working? – with Sacha Romanovitch and Oliver Coppard
Episode 40. What lies behind the decline in health of working-age people in the UK and what are the solutions?
The year that was – 2023
Episode 39. Join us as we look back on a turbulent year with our pick of the pod in 2023.
Keeping up with AI in health care: what we need to do next
Episode 38. With developments in AI advancing rapidly, what will it take to realise the benefits in health care?
What do the main political parties really have in store for health? – with Rachel Wolf and Stephen Bush
Episode 37. A general election is expected in 2024 and no party can ignore the NHS − but what do they plan to do on health?
Going private: what’s happening and is it a bad thing? – with Sarah Neville and Hettie O’Brien
Episode 36. With deep concern over access to NHS care, and policymakers exploring how the independent sector can help get waiting lists down, are we sliding towards a mixed model of health care?
Our health in 2040: are we getting sicker? – with Jeanelle de Gruchy and Kevin Fenton
Episode 35. With 1 in 5 people projected to be living with major illness by 2040, are we doing enough to prepare for the wave of ill health in sight?
NHS at 75: The huge promise of technology – with Navina Evans and Penny Pereira
Episode 34. In the third of our NHS at 75 podcast episodes, we ask how the potential of technology might be unlocked to benefit patients, the public, staff and the taxpayer.
NHS at 75: Is political leadership up to the challenge? – with Alan Milburn and Stephen Dorrell
Episode 33. In the second of our NHS at 75 podcast episodes, we explore whether political leadership is up to the task of getting the NHS to its 100th anniversary – and if not, how could it improve?
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