Not A Consultation

In this bonus episode of Not a Consultation, Caroline and Paul are joined by Jonny Williams to talk about the newly released regulations for ministerial powers to intervene in service change programmes, and the amendments to the familiar health scrutiny regulations.

They cover the Secretrary of State's new power to call in service change programmes, the duty to notify the Secretary of State of substaintial service change programmes, the removal of local authorities' power to refer to the service changes, and the new process for requesting the Secretary of State call in a service change that can be used by anyone.

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In this bonus episode of Not a Consultation, Caroline and Paul are joined by Jonny Williams to talk about the changes to health overview and scrutiny brought about by the Health and Care Act 2022.

Jonny is a senior consultant at Stand; previously they worked for NHS England where they developed policy, guidance, and support for local systems.

This isn’t Jonny’s first time on Not a Consultation, having joined us for Episode 7 to talk about the Major Service Change Interactive Handbook which they helped to author.

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In the fifth episode of our standalone series all about leadership, Caroline and Paul are joined by Laura Skaife-Knight, Chief Executive of NHS Orkney.

Join us as we discuss how Laura's previous leadership experience of leading service transformation, and her principles, inform her leadership style.

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In this episode we discuss the importance of including sustainability in service change processes so that the NHS can meet its ambitious climate targets.

Caroline and Paul are joined by:

* Rachel Bracegirdle - Clinical Fellow at the South East Clinical Senate

* Manraj Phull and Charlotte Bawden from the Greener NHS team at NHS England

* James Dixon - Associate Director of Sustainability at Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

If you’d like to read about the NHS’ environmental ambitions then you can find the ‘Delivering a Net Zero Health Service’ report here.

You can also find the South East Clinical Senate's "Embedding healthcare sustainability in major service change" report here.

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In the fourth episode of our standalone series all about leadership, Caroline and Paul are joined by Edna Boampong, Director of Communications for NHS Shropshire, Telford, and Wrekin.

Join us as we discuss Edna's experiences of leadership.

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In the third episode of our standalone series all about leadership, Caroline and Paul are joined by Professor Neil Watson, Director of Pharmacy for Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals and former Chief Operating Officer of the North East and North Cumbria COVID-19 Vaccination Programme.

Join us as we discuss what Neil’s experiences leading the vaccination programme taught him about leadership.

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In the second episode of our standalone series all about leadership, Caroline and Paul are joined by Ivan McConnell, Director of the Humber Acute Services Review.

Join us as we discuss how Ivan’s experiences across both the private and public sectors have shaped his leadership style.

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In the first episode of our standalone series all about leadership Caroline and Paul are joined by Rebecca Malin, Programme Director for the Lancashire and South Cumbria New Hospitals Programme.

Join us as we discuss how Rebecca’s past experiences, and the principles she follows, have shaped her into the leader she is today.

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Welcome to the first live episode of Not A Consultation! Join us as Caroline and Paul chat to Karen Coleman, Rory Hegarty, Frances Newell, and Caroline Parnell about the impact of ICS' on involvement, how we can tackle health inequalities, and what the future of involvement looks like.

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In this episode we're talking about making urgent temporary changes to NHS services in response to unforseen issues.

Caroline and Paul are joined by Clare Trenchard, associate director of communications & strategic partnerships at Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, and Peter Edwards senior partner and health law specialist at Capsticks Solicitors to talk about making urgent service changes.

It's a dramatic episode with Clare Trenchard describing events of one night in February 2019 when a fire destroyed one wing of a remote inpatient mental health unit in Staffordshire and how urgent service changes were put in place.

Peter Edwards takes us through the legal and regulatory requirements we need to take into account if we ever find ourselves in a similar situation.

Head over to the show page NotAConsultation.com for transcript, summaries and our briefing on the process requirements for making urgent service changes.