The Provider Podcast

S10 Ep47: Winter Watch: how are trusts coping?

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Show Notes

In this episode, Adam Brimelow reflects on the toughest winter in the history of the NHS with insights from Miriam Deakin, NHS Providers’ director of policy and strategy. There’s also a summary of what the performance figures tell us, from senior research analyst Luís Costa da Silva.

We hear from Hospital at Home physician Professor Dan Lasserson and onsultant in acute medicine and geriatrics Dr Jordan Bowen of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. They explain how their programme helps ease pressures while offering a more convenient and comfortable environment for patients. They also talk about working with the BBC Panorama team, which featured their approach in a new documentary.

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