Health On The Line

Fresh perspectives on the healthcare challenges of our time and ways to confront them. Fortnightly interviews with movers and shakers making waves across health and care.

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How can we improve the public’s view of the NHS?
Apr 9, 2025 – 33:36
What's the way forward with NHS cuts?
Mar 26, 2025 – 31:56
NHS leadership: what do the changes mean?
Mar 12, 2025 – 38:05
DHSC director general: update on ten-year health plan
Feb 27, 2025 – 31:12
Planning guidance: the real story
Feb 14, 2025 – 28:17
AI: the future of radiology?
Jan 29, 2025 – 39:18
Ten-year plan: what must the NHS prioritise?
Jan 15, 2025 – 45:29
Holding NHS leaders to account: how far should journalists go?
Dec 11, 2024 – 33:31
How important is integration at place level?
Nov 27, 2024 – 25:51
Is shared NHS leadership the new norm?
Nov 18, 2024 – 40:19
Decoding what Reeves’ historic Budget means for the NHS
Nov 4, 2024 – 29:18
What next for CQC after systemic failings found? And the future of neighbourhood health.
Oct 16, 2024 – 29:45
Exploring integrated care systems' progress two years on
Oct 7, 2024 – 34:49
The 18 week challenge: Getting elective care waiting times into shape
Sep 18, 2024 – 38:35
Alan Milburn: Can the NHS be an agent of economic growth?
Sep 6, 2024 – 47:18
Paul Mears: ICSs need vision, leadership and to challenge norms to succeed
Aug 30, 2024 – 49:04
Professor Kevin Fenton: Healthy people are productive people
Aug 9, 2024 – 34:05
What did the King’s Speech say about the new government, and what next on social care?
Jul 26, 2024 – 37:00
Paul Corrigan and Isabel Hardman: Avoiding short-termism in the NHS
Jul 15, 2024 – 39:58
The state of public finances: what will the next government inherit?
Jun 28, 2024 – 40:06
Battle for the NHS? Dissecting plans for the future of health and care
Jun 13, 2024 – 39:36
Does the NHS have a listening problem?
May 24, 2024 – 44:10
Matthew Trainer: Leadership in testing times
May 8, 2024 – 46:34
Exploring the economic and social value of vaccinations
Apr 23, 2024 – 37:10
Public attitudes to the NHS: A love-lament relationship?
Mar 13, 2024 – 34:49
Prof Aruna Garcea: Navigating the future of primary care in England
Feb 26, 2024 – 40:52
Dr Rachel Clarke: How the pandemic unfolded in the NHS
Feb 20, 2024 – 37:42
Steve Russell: Vaccination should be more present in national discourse
Jan 31, 2024 – 34:41
How the NHS can better engage with citizens and communities
Jan 17, 2024 – 40:27
Dr Jane Padmore: The joy and fulfilment of working for people with a learning disability
Dec 13, 2023 – 32:29
Improvement is more than an add-on or nice-to-have
Dec 6, 2023 – 38:20
Prof Sir Chris Ham: We need a culture of commitment to improvement, not compliance
Nov 21, 2023 – 39:03
Lord Markham CBE: NHS capital, innovation and economic regeneration
Nov 8, 2023 – 38:56
The data dilemma: Does data help or hinder patient care in mental health?
Oct 18, 2023 – 35:37
Is health beyond the hospital the key to alleviating system pressures?
Oct 4, 2023 – 52:36
Isabel Hardman: We go too far with the NHS as a religion analogy
Jul 12, 2023 – 36:13
Integrated care systems: one year on
Jun 28, 2023 – 35:59
Dr Raghib Ali: We need a cross-society effort to improve health
Jun 7, 2023 – 34:14
Dr Neil Modha: We've tailored our workforce to the needs of our population
May 24, 2023 – 48:52
Dr Elliot Street: Reimagining surgical training
May 11, 2023 – 34:24
Baroness Dambisa Moyo: Health and economic growth – a vital connection
Apr 26, 2023 – 36:07
Patricia Hewitt: There’s a real chance to tackle health differently this time
Apr 4, 2023 – 37:57
The digital transformation gambit: simpler, faster, safer services?
Mar 22, 2023 – 41:44
Miriam Gonzalez Durantez: We still do not have equal opportunities
Mar 8, 2023 – 36:05
Daniel Elkeles: The biggest barrier we have is thinking in silos
Feb 23, 2023 – 37:06
Dame Kate Bingham: The regulator moved from being a policeman to an air traffic controller.
Feb 8, 2023 – 41:43
Patricia Hewitt: Influencing the way ICSs work and how the centre works with them
Jan 25, 2023 – 35:08
Andy Bell & Marsha McAdam - No Wrong Door: a vision for mental health, autism and learning disability services in 2032
Jan 11, 2023 – 37:18
Joan Saddler & Lena Samuels: Supporting healthcare organisations to eliminate racism
Dec 21, 2022 – 49:32
Suzanne Mason: Corridor medicine could help with ambulance handover delays
Nov 22, 2022 – 32:15