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  • Interviews with experts and high-profile guests discussing the most important issues affecting the future of health and care for people in the UK.
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  • 47: Why are cancer rates rising among younger people? – with Kimmie Ng and Charles Swanton

    47: Why are cancer rates rising among younger people? – with Kimmie Ng and Charles Swanton
    Sep 12 2024
    Since the early 1990s, there’s been a concerning uptick in cancer incidence among adults younger than 50 years.

    Scientists are racing to understand what’s driving these trends. Some evidence points to roles for established risk factors – including smoking and obesity. But some research is also exploring environmental exposures – such as microplastics and forever chemicals – and asking if these could be changing the microbiome and potentially causing inflammation within the body.

    So what do these trends mean for cancer research, for health services and national policy? And faced with such stark trends, where are there grounds for hope?

    To discuss, our Chief Executive Jennifer Dixon is joined by:

    • Kimmie Ng, specialist in oncology and Director of the Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer Centre at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
    • Charles Swanton, Deputy Clinical Director at Francis Crick Institute, Chief Clinician at Cancer Research UK, and a consultant oncologist at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
    Show notes

    Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology (2022). Is early-onset cancer an emerging global epidemic? Current evidence and future implications.
    BMJ Oncology (2023). Global trends in incidence, death, burden and risk factors of early-onset cancer from 1990 to 2019.
    Gupta S et al (2023). Birth Cohort Colorectal Cancer (CRC): Implications for research and practice.
    Financial Times (2023). The unexplained rise of cancer among millennials.The New England Journal of Medicine (2024). Microplastics and nanoplastics in atheromas and cardiovascular events.
    Cancer Grand Challenges. Team OPTIMISTICC: Opportunity to investigate the microbiome’s impact on science and treatment in colorectal cancer.
    The Health Foundation (2023). How chronic stress weathers our health.
    The Health Foundation (2024). Rising cancer incidence in younger adults: what is going on? (Forthcoming)
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    38 mins
  • 46: A new government and health after the general election: part 2 – with Hannah White and John McTernan

    46: A new government and health after the general election: part 2 – with Hannah White and John McTernan
    Jul 19 2024
    There’s a new Prime Minister in Downing Street and a new political reality in the UK. But what does it all mean for health and care? The incoming government faces a range of complex policy challenges – many of them linked to health and care – and a daunting fiscal inheritance.

    While the public might show patience for a few months, they will expect to see some results quickly – and health is a top priority for voters. So how is the new government going to navigate these tensions? What will being ‘mission-led’ mean in practice? And where is the money going to come from?

    To discuss, our Chief Executive Jennifer Dixon is joined by:

    • Hannah White, Director and CEO of the Institute for Government.
    • John McTernan, Senior Adviser at BCW Global. John was formerly director of political operations for the Labour government from 2005 to 2007.
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    31 mins
  • 45: The general election and health: part 1 – with Sam Freedman and Paul Corrigan

    45: The general election and health: part 1 – with Sam Freedman and Paul Corrigan
    Jun 21 2024
    As the general election approaches, what are the main parties planning on health and will it make a difference?

    Polling day is rapidly approaching and all the main party manifestos have now been published. But when it comes to health and care, do we know what we’re voting for? Many commentators have expressed deep frustration at the opacity of the political debate – not just about the state we are in, but on the plans to get out of it.

    This matters because whoever wins the election faces a daunting series of challenges. Not least cratering public satisfaction with NHS services, an elective care waiting list standing at 7.6 million, rising levels of ill health among working-age people, and an economy growing too slowly to support the funding and investment public services will require.

    So what are the main parties promising on health, are their pledges in tune with the public mood, and are their plans equal to the scale of the challenges?

    To discuss, our Chief Executive Jennifer Dixon is joined by:

    • Sam Freedman, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government and former Senior Policy Adviser to Michael Gove at the Department for Education.
    • Paul Corrigan, Management Consultant and former Special Adviser to Alan Milburn and Tony Blair under New Labour. Paul is currently advising the Labour Party on health policy.
    Show notes

    The Health Foundation (2024). General election 2024 collection.

    The Health Foundation (2024). What's in the party manifestos on health and care?

    The Health Foundation (2024). Do the manifestos cut it on health?

    Institute For Government (2023). The NHS productivity puzzle: Why has hospital activity not increased in line with funding and staffing?

    Institute For Government and CIPFA (2023). Performance Tracker 2023: Hospitals.

    Timmins, N (2021). The Health Foundation. The most expensive breakfast in history: revisiting the Wanless review 20 years on. The Health Foundation.
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    37 mins

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