How can the NHS deliver safer maternity services while ensuring care remains accessible to local communities? And what will the transfer of vaccination commissioning responsibilities to integrated care boards mean for providers and patients?
In this episode of Health on the Line, host Adam Brimelow is joined by Matthew Hopkins of the NHS Alliance and Professor Lesley Dwyer, group chief executive of Norfolk and Waveney University Hospitals Group, to discuss the pressures facing maternity services, the case for service reconfiguration and why NHS leaders need political support to make difficult decisions.
We also hear from Roz Lindridge, NHS England regional director of commissioning, who explains how ICBs can use their new vaccination commissioning responsibilities to improve uptake, tackle health inequalities and tailor services to local communities. This discussion is sponsored by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI)*.
*The APBI has had no editorial control over the content of the podcast.
Health on the Line is an NHS Alliance podcast produced by Health Comms Plus.
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