Leading Improvement in Health and Care podcast

Sharing stories and exploring the challenges of people making changes across systems.
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Welcome to the Leading Improvement in Health and Care podcast: exploring the learning and experiences of people making change across systems.  

Hosted by Penny Pereira, managing director of Q at the Health Foundation, and Matthew Taylor, our chief executive, each episode aims to spotlight where improvement is working well, as well as the challenges along the way. Joined by speakers from a variety of roles, we’ll explore the ways improvement can sustainably transform health and care. 

Whether you've been leading improvement for years, or are curious about its relevance to your role, this podcast is for you. 

This podcast is part of Learning and Improving Across Systems, a partnership with the Health Foundation, NHS Confederation and the Q community.

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Episode 1: Unlocking improvement through better staff experience

Annie Laverty and John Drew provide a fresh take on the role of staff engagement in health and care improvement.

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Episode 2: NHS ConfedExpo Live

Amar Shah, Samantha Allen, Sarah Sweeney and Dr Vin Diwaker on how improvement is both a mindset and a method.

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Episode 3: Flow

Using different models to improve patient flow through the system can support better patient care - hear from our three experts.

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Episode 4: Maternity

In the UK, Black mothers are up to four times more likely to die during pregnancy or in the postnatal period (six weeks after childbirth) than white women. The systemic biases and structural racism behind the figures are an area where improvement has the potential to make real impact.

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Episode 5: Equity

We talk to two East London leaders who have been at the forefront of efforts to improve population health, with equity front and centre.

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Episode 6: Productivity

Two system leaders discuss different models of improving productivity which have helped them successfully reduce wait times and improve services

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