To mark Cancer Survivor Awareness Day, we speak with Layla Stephen, patient advocate and Founder of PLANETS Cancer Charity.

Layla shares her personal experience of living with a rare cancer, the differences she’s seen between major surgery and minimally invasive procedures, and her motivation for founding a charity that fills critical support and advocacy gaps for patients with NETs and other less common cancers.

In our latest From the Frontline podcast, we spoke with Andrew Wheeler, Head of Strategy, Policy & International at NICE, about the agency’s transformation and its future-facing role in health innovation.

From faster guidance and seamless med tech pathways to the rise of AI and the global ambition of NICE, the episode dives into:

-Making NICE guidance faster and more usable for clinicians
-Preparing for large-scale rollouts like weight-loss drugs
-Why the UK could be a global leader in med tech adoption
-How AI might reshape HTA and evidence-gathering
-NICE’s international influence and impact

A conversation with Emma Cox, CEO of Endometriosis UK

A Conversation with Dr James Thomas and Amy Locthie

In conversation with Mary Glindon MP, Chair of the Obesity APPG

A conversation with Councillor Tom Robinson, Executive Member for Healthy Manchester and Adult Social Care at Manchester City Council

A conversation with Charles Kwaku Odoi, CEO of the Carribean and African Health Network

PLMR Healthcomms Strategic Adviser and former Chair of NHS Digital Noel Gordon interviews Assad Tabet, Sam Shah and Pritesh Mistry on the future of digital health in the NHS and how they would advise the incoming Government.

Seb Phillips in conversation with Will Quince MP, former Minister for Health & Secondary Care. In this podcast, Will discusses his 14-months as a Minister in the Department of Health and Social Care, including his reflections on the UK's innovation policy and his experiences overseeing the Medical Technology Strategy, the Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access (VPAG) and the O’Shaughnessy Review on Commercial Clinical Trials.

Sophie Figueiredo in conversation with Dr Laura Squire OBE, Chief Health Quality and Access Officer at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). In this podcast Laura discusses the MHRA's recently published roadmap for new medical device regulations. This podcast was recorded in February 2024.