LetsFIXtheNHS

Steve Podmore

Let’s FIX the NHS is a bold new podcast exposing what’s broken in our health service — and spotlighting the people, innovations, and ideas that could save it. From game-changing stroke treatments to frontline frustrations, we go beyond the headlines with the doctors, nurses, patients, policymakers, and pioneers who know the system best — and who aren’t afraid to challenge it. Hosted by Steve Podmore, founder of LetsFIXtheNHS, this show blends courageous storytelling with real solutions - because saving lives shouldn’t be this hard. Honest. Urgent. Unfiltered. Subscribe now — and join the movement to transform healthcare.

Episodes

  1. LetsFIXtheNHS Episode 003 - The Heart of Healthcare, Dr Zainab Hussain

    07/21/2025

    LetsFIXtheNHS Episode 003 - The Heart of Healthcare, Dr Zainab Hussain

    In this in-depth episode, we sit down with Dr. Zainab Hussain — a GP partner, educator, and one of the most authentic medical voices emerging online — to explore what it’s really like to work inside the NHS today. Zainab opens up about her early life growing up in Cardiff, inspired by hardworking parents, and takes us on her journey through medicine: from rotations in renal, spinal, mental health, and paediatrics, to building a career as a GP in Stoke-on-Trent. This 90-minute conversation is a deep, human-centred exploration of general practice — its values, its challenges, and its future. We discuss digital access, patient expectations, workforce pressures, policy shifts, and the power of authentic connection between doctor and patient. If you want to understand the heart of the NHS, this is where to start. What We Discuss Zainab’s upbringing and the family values that shaped herHer path through multiple specialties before choosing general practiceThe inner workings of GP practices — funding, partners, and incentivesThe GP-patient relationship and why continuity of care mattersPhone queues, e-consults, and digital exclusionBurnout, emigration, and the GP workforce crisisThe effect of policy churn and management overload on clinical careThe potential of AI and augmented intelligence in primary careHow we can better fund, respect, and empower general practiceZainab’s social media journey — and why communication is clinicalBalancing medicine, motherhood, and meaning Links & Resources 📺 Watch the full video episode: YouTube – Let’s Fix the NHS🎧 Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts: Search Let’s Fix the NHS🌐 LetsFIXtheNHS.help – Join the movement📲 Follow Dr. Zainab HussainTikTok: @TheDoctor2010Instagram: @DrZainabGP 📲 Follow LetsFIXtheNHSTikTok: @LetsFIXtheNHS.HelpInstagram: @LetsFIXtheNHS.HelpYouTube: @LetsFIXtheNHS Support the Movement If you believe the NHS can — and must — be fixed, subscribe, share, and help us amplify the voices that matter. The solutions are out there. Let’s find them, together.

    1h 31m
  2. LetsFIXtheNHS Unfiltered: Sir David Haslam

    05/27/2025

    LetsFIXtheNHS Unfiltered: Sir David Haslam

    Sir David Haslam has spent a lifetime at the heart of British healthcare — from working as a frontline GP to chairing the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and advising the Care Quality Commission. Few people have had more influence — or more insight into why the NHS is struggling and what it will take to fix it. In this episode of NHS Unfiltered, Sir David joins LetsFIXtheNHS founder Steve Podmore for an honest, wide-ranging conversation about: Why the NHS has drifted from its founding purposeThe unintended consequences of measurement, targets, and bureaucracyWhat real leadership in healthcare should look likeThe reaction to his acclaimed book Side Effects — and what it says about the public moodHow we can restore compassion, trust, and agency in the systemWhy reform isn’t optional — it’s urgent With a career that spans clinical practice, policy leadership, and ethical debate, Sir David offers both diagnosis and direction — reminding us that behind every health statistic is a human story, and behind every failing system, a chance to choose better. Mentioned in this episode: Side Effects: How our healthcare lost its way, and how we fix it (Waterstones Best Book of 2022) Let’sFIXtheNHS is a media and engagement platform driving innovation, investment, and people-powered reform in UK healthcare. Visit www.LetsFIXtheNHS.Help to get involved.

    53 min
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About

Let’s FIX the NHS is a bold new podcast exposing what’s broken in our health service — and spotlighting the people, innovations, and ideas that could save it. From game-changing stroke treatments to frontline frustrations, we go beyond the headlines with the doctors, nurses, patients, policymakers, and pioneers who know the system best — and who aren’t afraid to challenge it. Hosted by Steve Podmore, founder of LetsFIXtheNHS, this show blends courageous storytelling with real solutions - because saving lives shouldn’t be this hard. Honest. Urgent. Unfiltered. Subscribe now — and join the movement to transform healthcare.

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  • Creator
    Steve Podmore
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    2
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © @LetsFIXtheNHS
  • Show Website
    LetsFIXtheNHS