HealthCross Talks

Loveena Tandon

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HealthCross Talks is a frontline-led podcast exploring whether the NHS can be saved and if so, how. With major reform underway and a new 10-Year Health Plan emerging, we go beyond headlines to focus on practical, workable solutions. Through in-depth conversations with doctors, nurses, leaders, and policymakers, we bring NHS voices to the forefront because they know what’s broken, and what it will take to fix it.

Aug 3

Is Medicine Still Worth It?

Would you still choose medicine, knowing what it costs to get in and what it takes to stay? Medical students are graduating with growing debt. Resident doctors say they are paid less, working more and learning less than the doctors who trained before them. And for years, thousands finishing foundation training found no job waiting for them. In this episode of BAPIO HealthCross Talks: Making the NHS Better, we speak to Professor Sanjiv Ahluwalia, Head of the School of Medicine at Anglia Ruskin University, about whether medicine still offers young people the career it once promised, and what it will take to make sure it does. Discussed in this episode: 1. The real cost of medical student debt over a five or six year course 2. Pay, morale and the daily pressures shaping resident doctors' working lives 3. The training bottleneck that left thousands chasing too few posts, and how that has begun to shift 4. Whether the NHS is training doctors it then fails to employ 5. What AI means for how the next generation of doctors is taught and tested Since this conversation was recorded, resident doctors accepted a government offer on pay and training places, and the Medical Training Prioritisation Act has come into force to ease the bottleneck at the centre of this episode. Whether that is enough is still an open question. This is not only a conversation about doctors. It is a conversation about who will be there to treat patients in ten years' time. Guest: Professor Sanjiv Ahluwalia Host: Loveena Tandon 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions🎧 Podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1807736085#NHS #Doctors #Medicine #ResidentDoctors #Healthcare #MedicalEducation #NHSWorkforce #HealthCrossTalks #BAPIO #LoveenaTandon
Jul 2

Has NHS Changed?

Fairness, Differential Attainment & the Future NHS Workforce Doctors from ethnic minority backgrounds and international medical graduates have long experienced different outcomes in exams, training, and career progression. So, has anything changed? In this episode of BAPIO HealthCross Talks, recorded atthe BAPIO Conference 2025, Professor Pushpinder Mangat the first ethnic minority Medical Director of the GeneralMedical Council (GMC) discusses how the regulator is tackling differential attainment and why creating a fairer NHS workforce is still a work in progress. In this conversation: 🔹 Why doctorsfrom ethnic minority and overseas backgrounds have historically experienceddifferent outcomes and what is changing. 🔹 How the GMC says referrals involving ethnic minority doctors have fallen by more than 50% in the last five years. 🔹 Why recognising cultural differences, tackling microaggressions and supportingtrainees earlier can improve outcomes. 🔹 Why many international doctors are passing PLAB but still struggling to secure NHS jobs and what that means for a health service that depends on overseas talent. 🔹 Professor Mangat's three priorities for the NHS 10-Year Plan a nd why education should matter as much as service delivery. This is a conversation about fairness, culture, leadership and building an NHS where every doctor can succeed. 🎥 Watch thefull conversation on BAPIO HealthCross Talks. HAS NHS CHANGED? WATCH ON: https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions AUDIO SMART LINK plinkhq.com/i/1807736085 Thankyou, BAPIO, for bringing these important conversations to the forefront. #NHS#GMC #Doctors #IMG #PLAB #DifferentialAttainment #MedicalEducation#NHSWorkforce #HealthcareLeadership #BAPIO
Jun 24

Teaser Ep4: Bapio HealthCross Talks: Can NHS Survive

“The day after the NHS was created, it went into crisis,and it has been in crisis ever since.” And today, even the meaning of healthcare ischanging: “We don’t want to be called patients anymore. Weare consumers of healthcare.” Professor Sir Stephen Powis, former National Medical Director of NHS England,and Dr Navina Evans, former Chief Workforce, Training and EducationOfficer at NHS England, join BAPIO HealthCross Talks for a conversationon the future of one of Britain’s most valued institutions. The NHS was built on the promise of care, free atthe point of need but today it faces some of its biggest questions. Waiting lists. Workforce pressures. Doctors’training. Digital transformation. Changing patient expectations. As the NHS enters a new chapter with the 10 YearPlan, the question is: Can the NHS survive, and can it transform for thefuture? This sneak peek explores: ➡️ Why the NHS feels underpressure➡️ The future workforce we need for 2030 and beyond➡️ Hospital → Community➡️ Analogue → Digital➡️ Sickness → Prevention➡️ The role of international healthcare collaboration The full conversation asks: Can the NHS 10 Year Plan actually work? Coming tomorrow the 25th of June on BAPIOHealthCross Talks. WATCH ON: https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions AUDIO SMART LINK plinkhq.com/i/1807736085 #NHS #NHS10YearPlan #NHSWorkforce #Healthcare#FutureOfHealthcare #Doctors #BAPIO
Jun 24

EP3- A Mission Beyond Medicine

BAPIO HealthCross Talks Series 2- Few issues shape public conversations and even elections, like theNHS. From resident doctors’ strikes and workforce pressures toquestions around immigration and the future of healthcare, the challengesfacing the NHS impact us all. Which is why organisations like BAPIO supporting doctors of Indianand diverse international backgrounds across the UK for nearly three decadesplay a crucial role in building bridges and finding solutions. As BAPIO takes a significant step in its journey to become acharitable foundation, it strengthens its commitment to public good supportinghealthcare professionals, giving back to communities, and creating strongerconnections between healthcare systems. In this episode of BAPIO HealthCross Talks, Consultantin Emergency Medicine- Dr Joydeep Grover (MBBS MRCEM FRCEM), the firstPresident-elect of the BAPIO Charitable Foundation, talks about the road aheadtackling inequalities, supporting the next generation, building India-UKhealthcare links, and why the mission of healthcare goes far beyond medicine. “We are blowing the whistle. This is a problem. Now can we solve it?” EPISODELIVE https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions AUDIO SMART LINK plinkhq.com/i/1807736085
Mar 5

Doctors Without Jobs

Doctorsunemployed… while patients are treated in corridors. How did the NHS reach thispoint? In this episode of HealthCrosstalk, recorded at the BritishAssociation of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO)Conference 2025, we unpack one of the most urgent questionsfacing the UK healthcare system today: Why are both International Medical Graduates (IMGs) and UK graduates struggling for trainingjobs even as NHS waiting lists and workforce shortages remain high? Since this conversation was recorded, the UK government hasintroduced the Medical Training(Prioritisation) Bill, proposing priority for UK and Irish graduatesfor foundation and specialty training posts. As the bill moves throughParliament, the debate around IMGs and NHS workforce planning has become evenmore intense. In this conversation, we explore: · The myth that IMGs are “flooding” the job market. · Why doctors are unemployed despite NHS vacancies. · The workforce planning failures building over the last decade. · Corridor care, staff burnout, and doctors leaving the NHS. · What solutions might actually work? With around 40% of doctors in the NHStrained overseas, the question is no longer simply about IMGsvs UK graduates. Is the NHSsleepwalking into a staffing crisis of its own making? Unpacking all this: We speak to: Consultant Physician, St George's University Hospital,London Chair, BAPIO Institute for Health Research (BIHR) Tista Chakravarty Gannon Vice Chair, Asian Professionals National Alliance (APNA),UK 🎧 Episode LIVE NOW: WATCH ON: https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions AUDIO SMART LINK plinkhq.com/i/1807736085 Prof. Indranil Chakravorty MBE
Season 2, Episode 2 Trailer

The NHS Paradox

Doctors unemployed… while patients are treated in corridors. In this teaser, we bust the claim that “IMGs are flooding the job market” and look at why the narrative has shifted towards prioritising UK graduates. And as the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill fast-tracks through Parliament, this debate has become even more intense. So, here’s the bigger question: is the NHS sleepwalking into a staffing crisis of its own making? We unpack the myths, the money squeeze, and the workforce planning failures behind this breaking point and ask: what’s the real solution? We speak to: Prof. Indranil Chakravorty MBE Consultant Physician, St George's University Hospital, LondonChair, BAPIO Institute for Health Research (BIHR) Tista Chakravarty Gannon Vice Chair, Asian Professionals National Alliance (APNA), UK Full episode goes live Thursday 5 March. WATCH ON: https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductionsAUDIO SMART LINKplinkhq.com/i/1807736085 This Episode was recorded ⁨@bapio⁩ conference November, 2025. #healthcare #healthcrosstalks #immigrants #doctor #internationalmedicalgraduate #nhs
Season 2, Episode 1 Trailer

Will AI Replace Doctors? Debunking the Myth in NHS Healthcare

The Big AI Myth? Are robots really operating on patients?Is AI about to replace doctors? For over 20 years, there has been a major misconception aboutrobotic surgery, that machines are doing the operation. In this teaser from HealthCross Talks- Series 2, filmed at BAPIO Conference2025, two leading experts challenge that myth and ask what AI is actually here to do in healthcare. Prof ProkarDasgupta OBE: one of the world’s leading robotic urological surgeons andrecipient of the John Wickham Lifetime Achievement Award in Robotic Surgery (2023)explains why robotic surgery is entirely human-controlled, and how AI can takeon the “boring” tasks that steal time from patient care. Joining him is Prof AjayShah, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences &Medicine and BHF Professor of Cardiology at King’s College London, on where AIgenuinely fits in the NHS and what still needs proving. This teaser lands as the global AI spotlight turns to New Delhi: The India AI Impact Summit 2026 runs from 16–20 February 2026,and Prof Dasgupta will be attending. Full episode goes live on 16 February 2026 ! Also available on You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions What do you think? Is AI replacing doctors or redefining what doctors do?
05/15/2025

Can We Fix A&E?

We’ve seen the numbers. Too often, we scroll pastthem. But behind every statistic is a patient in pain — and a system atbreaking point. 👉 1.5 million patients waitedover 12 hours last year. 👉 Thousands in mental health crisis spend up to 3days in A&E. 👉 4,000 patients a day are left in corridors forover 12 hours. A&E is never out of the headlines — but nowit’s about dangerous delays, avoidable deaths, and a service stretched to itslimits. In this urgent episode of HealthCross Talks,Dr. Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine,joins us to confront the uncomfortable truth about Britain’s A&E crisis —head-on. No fluff. Just facts. And a 3-point solution for the PrimeMinister. 👇 💬 We discuss: Why 13% A&E beds are blocked by social care? What is the impact of delayed care? Will more money help A&E? 📢 “We’re delivering poorcare at high cost. That’s not sustainable.” – Dr. Boyle But there is hope — if we act with urgency andfollow the evidence. Watch the episode to hear Dr. Boyle’s clear, practical roadmap for turningthis crisis around. If you’ve ever waited in A&E — or worry aboutwhat might happen if you or someone you love ever has to — this is a conversation you can’t miss.

HealthCross Talks is a frontline-led podcast exploring whether the NHS can be saved and if so, how. With major reform underway and a new 10-Year Health Plan emerging, we go beyond headlines to focus on practical, workable solutions. Through in-depth conversations with doctors, nurses, leaders, and policymakers, we bring NHS voices to the forefront because they know what’s broken, and what it will take to fix it.

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Loveena Tandon
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2026
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14
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