Voices of Care

"If we want to provide really good services to our population, we have to make sure they are inclusive"| Ben Travis | Voices of Care

CEO of Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust shares leadership lessons on eliminating racial disparities in staff treatment and preparing for the Government's 10-Year Health Plan: ”We have got to be able to take the pressure off our hospitals. They suck up way more resource now, in terms of percentage of the healthcare budget, than they ever did before."

"Current Training Models Not Fit For Purpose" | Mumtaz Patel | Voices of Care

In a compelling episode of on Voices of Care, Professor Mumtaz Patel, the 123rd President of the Royal College of Physicians and the first South Asian woman to lead the oldest medical Royal College, delivered an urgent assessment of the mounting pressures facing NHS doctors and set out her vision for transforming medical education for the 21st century. 

"NURSING AND MIDWIFERY PROFESSIONS ARE THE BACKBONE OF THE NHS" | Paul Rees MBE | Voices of Care

Speaking on Newcross Healthcare's Voices of Care podcast, Paul Rees MBE, Chief Executive of the Nursing and Midwifery Council, reveals how childhood experiences of racism have shaped his mission to transform the UK's largest healthcare regulator into an anti-racist organisation committed to fairness and equity for all nursing and midwifery professionals.In a candid conversation with host Suhail Mirza, Rees discusses the organisation's culture transformation, the maternity crisis, and nursing's critical role in delivering the Government's ten-year NHS plan.

"We've no idea if that means that we're more productive" Thea Stein | Voices of Care

In conversation with host Suhail Mirza, Stein delivered a frank assessment of the challenges facing the Government’s 10 Year Health, calling for clarity on objectives, upfront investment, and a fundamental shift in organisational culture to ensure any large-scale transformation has a hope of truly succeeding. 

What we need to do is to move away from a blame culture”| Rt Hon Sir Jeremy Hunt | Voices of Care

The UK's longest-serving Health Secretary has delivered a comprehensive challenge to the Government's health agenda, warning that tactical thinking and generous pay settlements risk leaving no funding for genuine transformation while social care reform remains ignored.Speaking on Newcross Healthcare's Voices of Care podcast with host Suhail Mirza, Rt Hon Sir Jeremy Hunt outlined what he sees as the Government's failure to grasp the scale of reform needed.

CMSUK Awards | Voices of Care

We brought the microphone to the CMSUK Awards to capture the voices shaping case management and rehabilitation.
Hear from:
🔹 Rhiannon Stokes (Chair, CMSUK) - Why case management needs to start earlier in the client journey
🔹 Stephanie Fleet (CMSUK Director) - Celebrating community and excellence in our fast-paced industry
🔹 Matt Hughes (Dorset Orthopaedic) - How technology and time are giving patients their lives back
🔹 Darren Edwards (Adaptive Adventurer) - From spinal injury to kayaking Land's End to John O'Groats: "Success is an episode, not a solo act"
🔹 Sue Reeve (AVIVA) - Pioneering approaches to catastrophic injury claims
A powerful conversation about hope, determination, and the professionals changing lives every day.

Social Care Foundation Report Launch | Voices of Care

As the elites from Britain's political parties gather for conference season, a stark warning has been delivered to them;  stop playing games with social care or watch the country sleepwalk into both a humanitarian and economic disaster. At the launch of the Social Care Foundation report, we sit down with Robert Kilgour and Damien Green, hosted by Suhail Mirza on Voices of Care. The special episode also features Dr Danny Chambers MP and Rt Hon Stuart Andrew MP from the world of politics and Dr Jane Townson and Lucinda Allen from the world of policy

"What kind of society do we want to live in?" Roundtable with Sir Julian Hartley, Charlie Massey and Prof Habib Naqvi

CQC, GMC and NHS Race & Health Observatory leaders deliver stark assessment on workforce inequalities and share vision that now is the time to end this unacceptable reality to support the people of the NHS, productivity and ultimately patients.
Three of healthcare's nationally known and respected leaders have joined forces to call out the unacceptable levels of racism still faced by the NHS workforce a decade after the Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) came into force, highlighting the need for everyone in the sector to take personal and collective responsibility to stamp out racism. They called for transformation in culture, fairer employment environments and a step change in the leadership approach to racism.

"We have to change the way the NHS is operating with industry" | Ming Tang | Voices of Care

What if technology could fundamentally transform your relationship with the NHS?
In this groundbreaking episode, host Suhail Mirza sits down with Ming Tang, Chief Digital and Information Officer at NHS England, to explore the ambitious vision behind the NHS 10 Year Health Plan's digital transformation.
Discover:
How the NHS app will become your "digital front door" to healthcare
The game-changing Single Patient Record that will revolutionize care
Voice technology freeing clinicians from 14% of their admin time
AI-assisted surgery and smart hospitals on the horizon
Why your health data could help develop life-saving treatments
"What's really appealing to me is that we can use technology to transform not just how we deliver services, but the relationship between the public and the NHS," reveals Tang.
From patient empowerment to workforce transformation, this episode unpacks how cutting-edge technology promises to make healthcare more personalised, accessible, and efficient for everyone.

"Social care doesn't need fixing - it needs funding!" | Nadra Ahmed | Voices of Care

Suhail Mirza sits down with Nadra Ahmed CBE, the woman who shook Westminster. After 40 years leading social care, the Chair of the National Care Association reveals the explosive moment 250 frustrated providers decided to march on Parliament, why she's demanding funding not reform, and her stark warning that the social care crisis is spiraling out of control. "We had about 250 people on a call saying, we've got to do something. Let's go march on Parliament," Ahmed reveals in this no-holds-barred account of how the sector reached breaking point and said "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH."