Voices of Care

Sim Scavazza, Acting Chair at NHS Buckinghamshire Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board, sits down with Voices of Care host Suhail Mirza to discuss diversity, cultural change, innovation and the ongoing crisis the industry finds itself in.

Professor Kamila Hawthorne MBE, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, joins Voices of Care host Suhail Mirza this week in a powerful interview.
Kamila speaks passionately about funding, GP shortages, technology and inequalities in the eye-opening episode.

Oonagh Smyth, CEO of Skills for Care, is this week’s guest on Voices of Care and shares her valuable insight on the current state of the industry, as well as what the future has in store, with host Suhail Mirza.

Ian Smith is the Chair of NHS Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board, who work with people in Surrey Heartlands to create better, healthier lives. They have a focus on prevention and support that’s targeted where it’s most needed to reduce the unfairness some people experience in accessing care, so nobody is left behind. Ian was previously Executive Chairman of Four Seasons Health Care and Chief Executive of the General Healthcare Group. 
In this episode of Voices of Care Ian talks to our host, Suhail Mirza, about the importance of offering career paths within the health and social care sector, the impact of the cost-of-living crisis and workforce sickness, and how vital inclusion is for retention. 

Tim Orchard is a consultant physician and gastroenterologist and Chief Executive of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust which provides acute and specialist healthcare in North West London for around a million and a half people every year. It is one of the largest NHS trusts in England and together with Imperial College London forms an academic health science centre. 
In this episode of Voices of Care, Tim Orchard talks to our host, Suhail Mirza, about the importance of job satisfaction and attention to health and wellbeing within the workforce, the role of technology in the health and social care sector, and how vital it is to ensure that everyone is offered the same career progression opportunities. 

Louise Stead, CEO of the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, has more than three decades’ experience as a nurse and features on this week’s episode of Voices of Care to discuss several insightful topics, including the future of healthcare, staff wellbeing and recruitment, with host Suhail Mirza.

Richard Mitchell, the Chief Executive of University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, re-joined the Trust as chief executive in October 2021 having worked as the chief executive of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for four years. Richard is also the Chair of the East Midlands Cancer Alliance and Midlands Regional and Talent Leadership Board.
In this episode of Voices of Care, Richard Mitchell talks to our host, Suhail Mirza, about the importance of ethical international recruitment, how looking after the health and social workforce through providing the basics is key, and why we need to move beyond hope and into delivery.

This week’s guest on Voices of Care is Laura Skaife-Knight, Deputy Chief Executive at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kings Lynn. Over the past three years Laura has transformed the hospital from “basket case” into success story with a particular emphasis on staff wellbeing.
Laura sits down with host Suhail Mirza to discuss some of the initiatives she implemented at the Norfolk hospital in an insightful and refreshing conversation.

Ian Trenholm is the Chief Executive at the Care Quality Commission (CQC), an independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. The CQC strives to ensure health and social services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and encourage care services to improve.
Ian joins host Suhail Mirza to discuss the strikes, gridlock and crisis facing the care industry in a transparent and honest interview.

Dr Donald Macaskill is the CEO of Scottish Care, the representative body for care providers in the independent sector, and has dedicated his career to the health and social care sectors across the UK. Dr Macaskill also sits on a number of governmental committees and workings groups and is a trustee for a number of charities. 
In this episode, Dr Macaskill discusses the current state of the care industry in an eye-opening discussion.