Welcome to HTN Let's Talk
HTN brings you Let’s Talk, a new podcast where we go in-depth with the health tech community, doing what we love, talking health tech.
We’ll share news, interviews and panel discussions regularly through audio, all published to this channel page here.
If you would like to talk and join our podcast, please contact us by email to press@htn.co.uk
Episode Fourteen: Pritesh Mistry, policy fellow for digital technologies at The King’s Fund
For the latest episode, we interviewed Pritesh Mistry, policy fellow for digital technologies at The King’s Fund. We discussed digital priorities for the NHS, the opportunities for integrated care systems, challenges in interoperability and more.
Episode Thirteen: Niamh McKenna, chief information officer at NHS Resolution
For this episode we interview Niamh McKenna, chief information officer at NHS Resolution. We discussed the key digital projects Niamh has been involved in throughout her career, the strategic priorities for NHS Resolution going forward, the key factors are needed for innovation in healthcare, and more.
Episode Twelve: Dr Janak Gunatilleke on AI adoption and tackling challenges
We interviewed Dr Janak Gunatilleke, director for healthcare data and analytics at KPMG UK. We discussed how AI can solve clinical problems, what is preventing AI solutions from being adopted, and his thoughts on to tackling the ongoing challenges in this area.
Episode Eleven: Chris Mason, CIO at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
For this episode, we interviewed Chris Mason, chief information officer at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. We discussed what digital projects Chris has worked on throughout his career, the key factors needed for innovation in healthcare, the current challenges in digital health and more.
Episode Ten: James Freed, chief digital and information officer at Health Education England
For this episode we interview James Freed, chief digital and information officer at Health Education England (HEE). We discussed key digital projects James has been involved in, his thoughts and experiences in developing the digital workforce and more.
Episode Nine: Ayesha Rahim, clinical lead for digital mental health in the NHS England Transformation Directorate
For this episode, we interviewed Ayesha Rahim, clinical lead for digital mental health in the NHS England Transformation Directorate. We discussed what digital projects Ayesha has worked on throughout her career, the challenges that lie in digital mental health in relation to digital exclusion, and more.
Episode Eight: Leonardo Tantari and Stephen Blackburn at Leeds City Council and NHS West Yorkshire ICB
For this episode we interview Leonardo Tantari (Chief Digital Information Officer) and Stephen Blackburn (Innovation Manager) at Leeds City Council and NHS West Yorkshire ICB. We discussed the Leeds Integrated Digital Service strategy and the future for digital within Leeds.
Episode Seven: Andy Webster and Georgie Duncan at Leeds Teaching Hospitals on their EHR, criteria led discharge, future plans
For this edition of our podcast, we interviewed Andy Webster (CCIO) and Georgie Duncan (Associate CCIO) at Leeds Teaching Hospitals. We discussed the implementation of their electronic health record (EHR), how its gone developing their own, challenges, benefits, future plans and more.
Episode Six: Graham Walsh, Former CCIO at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS FT, now Medical Director at YHAHSN
In this episode we interview Graham Walsh, Medical Director at Yorkshire and Humber Academic Health Science Network. We discuss his current role and previous role at Calderdale and Huddersfield, challenges, what success for digital looks like and much more.
Episode Five: Jeffrey Wood, Deputy Director of ICT at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
For this edition of our podcast, we interviewed Jeffrey Wood, Deputy Director of ICT at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust. Jeffrey discusses his career, digital programmes across the hospital and ICS, challenges he has faced, how to develop digital across a workforce and more.
Episode Four: Dr Tamara Everington, Chief Clinical Information Officer and Haematology Consultant at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
In this episode we interview Dr Tamara Everington, Chief Clinical Information Officer and Haematology Consultant at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We speak about their improvement framework, what to think about before buying a digital solution, how to measure improvement and much more.
Episode Three: Dr Nicole Atkinson, the South Notts Place Clinical Lead and NHS Confederation Primary Care Medical Advisor and GP
In this episode we interview Dr Nicole Atkinson, the South Notts Place Clinical Lead and NHS Confederation Primary Care Medical Advisor and GP. We talk about her role and career in healthcare, Nottingham ICS, digital primary care and much more.
Episode Two: Dr Minal Bakhai and Dominic Vallely from NHS England on improving the digital journey for patients
In episode two our host Katie Smith shares a recent session from HTN Now: Digital Primary Care when we were joined by Dr Minal Bakhai, National Director for Primary Care Transformation at NHS England, along with Dominic Vallely, User Experience Lead at Digital First Primary Care Unit, NHS England.
Minal and Dominic joined us to discuss how the digital journey for patients in general practice can be improved through highly usable and highly accessible online experiences.
Episode One: The role of digital for a greener NHS
In episode one we explore how digital is supporting sustainability and a greener NHS.
HTN’s Katie Smith speaks with Alex Fowler (Environmental Manager), Stephen Roberts (Environmental and Waste Manager) and Lee Rickles (Yorkshire and Humber Care Record Director and CIO) at Humber NHS Foundation Trust.
