Behind the Genes

Catherine Pollard: Why data is important in making things better for patients


Listen Later

“Clinicians are holding people's lives in their hands, and so for me data is about making sure they have all the information they need about where an individual comes from, their living circumstances and their family history, whilst also having the benefit of what clinical best practise will tell you to do or some of the large pattern analysis you can only do in very large populations.” 

In this week's episode of The G Word, Chris Wigley is joined by Catherine Pollard, NHSX Director of Tech Policy and Curator of One Health Tech Cambridge Hub.  

They discuss NHSX, involving patient groups in decision making and digital development in health and social care. The also talk about One Health Tech Cambridge and equality and diversity in health innovation.  

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Behind the GenesBy Genomics England

  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8

4.8

4 ratings


More shows like Behind the Genes

View all
Nature Podcast by Springer Nature Limited

Nature Podcast

756 Listeners

Economist Podcasts by The Economist

Economist Podcasts

4,255 Listeners

More or Less: Behind the Stats by BBC Radio 4

More or Less: Behind the Stats

896 Listeners

Discovery by BBC World Service

Discovery

954 Listeners

The Life Scientific by BBC Radio 4

The Life Scientific

246 Listeners

Hidden Brain by Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

Hidden Brain

43,397 Listeners

The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

111,294 Listeners

Instant Genius by Our Media

Instant Genius

81 Listeners

Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster by Plosive

Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster

2,794 Listeners

You're Dead to Me by BBC Radio 4

You're Dead to Me

2,966 Listeners

People I (Mostly) Admire by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

People I (Mostly) Admire

2,134 Listeners

The Rest Is History by Goalhanger

The Rest Is History

12,626 Listeners

The Rest Is Politics by Goalhanger

The Rest Is Politics

3,106 Listeners

Kermode & Mayo’s Take by Sony Music Entertainment

Kermode & Mayo’s Take

315 Listeners

The Road to Genome by NHS Genomic Medicine Service

The Road to Genome

0 Listeners