Talking Heads - a Willis Towers Watson podcast series

Lucie McGrath leads a conversation between Cali Gold from YuLife and Paul Cauldwell from Co-op as they discuss how they implemented changes to benefit policies and services in the last year.

In this episode of the Talking Heads podcast, we invite Matthew Griffin, a leading futurist, to take us on a journey looking at the future of healthcare and guiding us through the latest emerging healthcare technology developments over the next 10 years.

As we start 2021, what are the biggest learnings and opportunities for wellbeing? Where should you focus your time and energy?

Lucie McGrath leads an interview with Cliff Bucknall, the Chief Medical Officer for HCA UK, and Claire Dunsterville, Director of Rehabilitation Services at The Wellington Hospital in London. They discuss the impacts of COVID-19, ‘Long COVID’ and the UK vaccination COVID programme on overall health & wellbeing for individuals and employers.

Shelly Beard, senior director in the transactions team, interviews Rory Murphy, trustee chair at Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund, about their long history of de-risking transactions and talks us through their journey and lessons learnt.

An interview between Rash Bhabra, head of retirement, GB and Paul Johnson, economist and director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies around the ongoing effects the government announcements and pandemic is having on the economy.

In the first episode, Kevin Newman, Head of Health and Benefits from Willis Towers Watson discusses the impact and implications of COVID-19 on health and benefit programmes in the UK. Kevin considers the risks employers face in the future and what factors need to be taken into consideration.