Jordan Sollof is joined by DJ Hamblin-Brown and Simon Weldon in an episode focused on the challenges of clinical coordination in the UK health system and how they can be addressed.
Hamblin-Brown, emergency doctor and chief executive at digital health firm CAREFUL, and Weldon, chief executive at South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, discuss what is meant by clinical coordination, why it is important to patients and families and how it is relevant to the Labour government’s new policy agenda.
The pair explain why clinical coordination is difficult to achieve, give examples of best practice and highlight the main issues that the NHS is facing.
They suggest how digital can play a key role in the helping the health system to become more coordinated, before looking ahead with optimism for the future.
Guests:
DJ Hamblin-Brown, emergency doctor and chief executive at CAREFUL
Simon Weldon, CEO at South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
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