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In this episode of Next Gen Cast, Dr Nish Manek speaks with Paul Corrigan, one of the most influential figures in modern UK health policy.


From advising Tony Blair inside No.10 to shaping the NHS 10-Year Plan today, Paul brings rare institutional memory and sharp insight into leadership, reform, and why meaningful change in healthcare is so hard to deliver.


Together, we explore what leaders get wrong, why policy alone never works, how clinicians can step into system leadership, and why neighbourhoods, patient agency, and proactive care are central to the NHS’s future.


A candid, wide-ranging conversation for clinicians who want to understand - and shape - what comes next.


✨ Episode Show Notes


00:00 – From academia to No.10

05:00 – Inside Downing Street

08:30 – Do leaders understand the NHS?

12:00 – Clinicians as leaders

17:00 – Risk and standing still

22:30 – What makes a good Secretary of State

27:30 – Returning to DHSC at 75

32:30 – Why reform keeps failing

36:30 – Technology and patient agency

40:30 – “No money” myth

45:30 – Neighbourhood healthcare explained

52:00 – Advice to early-career clinicians


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