Who's up next on In the Loop

In their latest podcast Niall Dickson & Roy Lilley grapple with the topic many believe is the Holy Grail of effective healthcare – integration. How do you create a system where physical & mental, hospital & community, health & social care services all collaborate effectively together in the interests of clients & patients rather than institutions or vested interests? Well one place in the world claims to have – at least for a while – cracked it – the Canterbury...

Do you regard the NHS as an efficient organisation that provides good value for the huge sums that sustain it? How much bang do UK taxpayers get for their NHS buck? In the latest podcast this is the topic discussed, as Niall and Roy consider the controversial and challenging topic of NHS productivity, the subject of new report from the Health Foundation’s NHS Productivity Commission. Their guest is Anita Charlesworth CBE senior economic advisor at the Foundation and c...

Have you ever wondered what is the reality of working in intensive care? This is probably one of the most demanding areas of clinical practice, with staff not only having to manage organ failure with patients who are so often at the edge of life and death but also families who are anxious and distressed. In this their latest podcast Niall and Roy explore the modern reality of this highly pressured environment in a revealing exchange with the President of the Intensive...

In one of the most controversial clinical decisions of recent times, the UK National Screening Committee has ruled against the mass screening of men for prostate cancer. In their latest podcast Niall and Roy question the committee’s Chair, Sir Mike Richards, and seek to understand a decision which has been challenged by former Prime Ministers, high profile patients with prostate cancer such as Sir Chris Hoy, as well as other celebrities. The committee even rejected the idea of screening...

In their latest podcast Niall and Roy speak with maternity review Chair, Dr Bill Kirkup following his resignation as an expert advisor to the latest government review of childbirth headed by Lady Amos. His key reason for quitting was around natural childbirth with Dr Kirkup opposing attempts as he saw it to shut down debate on the issue. But in the podcast he is adamant that while debating the place of so called natural childbirth is essential, it is not the only issue. Instead he focuses on ...