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Not A Consultation

A podcast about all things patient and public involvement and NHS service change with Caroline Latta and Paul Parsons and their guests.

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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.Head over to the show page NotAConsultation.com for transcript, summaries and more info. Not A Consultation is hosted by Paul Parsons and Caroline Latta Join the conversation on Twitter @NotConsultation* Contact us: Listen@NotAConsultation.com

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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. Head over to the show page NotAConsultation.com for transcript, summaries and more info. Not A Consultation is hosted by Paul Parsons and Caroline Latta Join the conversation on Twitter @NotConsultation* Contact us: Listen@NotAConsultation.com

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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.Head over to the show page NotAConsultation.com for transcript, summaries and more info. Not A Consultation is hosted by Paul Parsons and Caroline Latta Join the conversation on Twitter @NotConsultation* Contact us: Listen@NotAConsultation.com

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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 TrustIf 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.Head over to the show page NotAConsultation.com for transcript, summaries and more info. Not A Consultation is hosted by Paul Parsons and Caroline Latta Join the conversation on X @NotConsultation Contact us: Listen@NotAConsultation.com

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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.Head over to the show page NotAConsultation.com for transcript, summaries and more info. Not A Consultation is hosted by Paul Parsons and Caroline Latta Join the conversation on Twitter @NotConsultation* Contact us: Listen@NotAConsultation.com

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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.Head over to the show page NotAConsultation.com for transcript, summaries and more info. Not A Consultation is hosted by Paul Parsons and Caroline Latta Join the conversation on Twitter @NotConsultation* Contact us: Listen@NotAConsultation.com

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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.Head over to the show page NotAConsultation.com for transcript, summaries and more info. Not A Consultation is hosted by Paul Parsons and Caroline Latta Join the conversation on Twitter @NotConsultation* Contact us: Listen@NotAConsultation.com

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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.Head over to the show page NotAConsultation.com for transcript, summaries and more info. Not A Consultation is hosted by Paul Parsons and Caroline Latta Join the conversation on Twitter @NotConsultation* Contact us: Listen@NotAConsultation.com

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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.Head over to the show page NotAConsultation.com for transcript, summaries and more info. Not A Consultation is hosted by Paul Parsons and Caroline Latta Join the conversation on Twitter @NotConsultation* Contact us: Listen@NotAConsultation.com

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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.

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Caroline and Paul are joined by Sally Pearson, Caroline Baines, Emma Orrock, and Paul Stevens to talk about the role Clinical Senates play in service change.Head over to the show page NotAConsultation.com for transcript, summaries and more info

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This episode Caroline and Paul talk to Jo Fitzgerald and Gemma Crabtree from NHS England's Peer Leadership Development Programme about developing lived experience leaders.

Join us as we find out where the came from, and how it has helped to develop people's knowledge and skills in order to become more effective peer leaders.

If you are interested in taking part in the programme yourself, take a look at it on the futurelearn.com website or email them on England.pldp@nhs.net

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Caroline and Paul talk to Jonny Williams and Emily Steward from NHS England about the NHSE's new Major Service Change INteractive Handbook. We find out about the ideas behind the handbook, how it was developed and the other resources available to service change programme teams around the country.

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Caroline and Paul talk to Malcolm Oswald from Citizens' Juries CIC about... you guessed it... citizens' juries. We find out what they are, what they can be used for in NHS change programmes, what questions they can address, how to recruit jurors, how to prepare evidence, and how they operate.

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Caroline and Paul talk to Becky Parish and Caroline Smith from NHS Gloucestershire CCG about the process of deciding to replace two community hospitals with one new one and then deciding where to build the new one. We find out about the importance of their stakeholder reference group, take a peek at their successful strategy, and learn how they used a citizens' jury to select a location for the new hospital.

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Caroline and Paul explore the role and requirements of public consultation in health service change with Elizabeth Gammell and Rhion Jones, authors of The Art of Consultation and The Politics of Consultation, and founding directors of the Consultation Institute.

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Caroline Latta and Paul Parsons discuss decision making meetings with:

Dr Matthew Walmsley, Chair of South Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group, and Matt Brown, Executive director of operations at South Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group.

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Paul Parsons and Caroline Latta host a discussion on working with local authority health scrutiny committees in England. With

Cllr Paul Bartlett - Chairman, Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee, Kent County Council Jacqui McKinlay - Chief Executive of the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny Denise Tyrrell - NHS Transformation Programme Director Richard Jeavons - Chief Executive, Independent Reconfiguration Panel

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Caroline Latta and Paul Parsons talk to Dr David Hambleton and Sian Jarvis about leadership and NHS service change.

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Caroline Latta and Paul Parsons introduce Not A Consultation, a podcast about all things patient and public involvement and NHS service change