Podcasts by The PSC In Conversation

In Conversation with Tim Thomas on Quantum Computing from 2023-11-22T09:46:31

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In Conversation with Ourselves from 2023-10-25T19:57:23

Antonio, Katie and Jonathan from The PSC get together to review all of our party season content. From Liberal Democrats, Conservaties and Labour key themes and insights. Take a listen to hear ho...

In Conversation with James Friend from 2023-10-04T12:00

Join Jonathan and James as they discuss Governing in 21st Century.

James was former special advisor to Jeremy Hunt as Secretary of State for Health, he has also twice served ...

In Conversation with Jamie Martin from 2023-10-04T06:00

Join Antonio and Jamie as they discuss Governing in 21st Century.

Jamie was former Special Advisor to Michael Gove while he was Secretary of State for Education. He also worke...

In Conversation with - Alan Leaman OBE from 2023-09-26T10:32:29

Antonio Weiss and Smriti Singh of The PSC in conversation with Alan Leaman on the topic of Governing in the 21st Century.

Alan is the former Liberal Democrat Director of Stra...

Virtual Wards from 2023-08-04T07:49:15

In our latest episode, Harris Lorie & Dr Stefano Palazzo discuss what virtual wards are and the benefits and challenges the represent.

Stef is a respiratory doctor at Kin...

Really listening to those who are seldom heard, Part 3: The importance of accurate representation in user research from 2023-05-17T07:00:22

Welcome to the third instalment of “Really listening to those who are seldom heard”, a podcast mini-series focusing on digital inequality in modern Britain.

Today’s episode is brought to ...

Can digital and data save the NHS? from 2023-03-29T06:02:05

In our latest episode, we are proud to host Dr. Gurprit Pannu, the Chief Digital and Information Officer for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in conversation with our very own, Roshan Sha...

Really listening to those who are seldom heard, Part 2: Citizen Science from 2023-02-01T08:48:33

In this, the second episode of our 'Really listening to those who are seldom heard' mini-series, we're speaking today with two fantastic guests from the Netherlands. Dr. Özlem Safranti-Bozkurt i...

Really listening to those who are seldom heard, Part 1: The Good Things Foundation from 2023-01-30T10:34:13

This is the first in our new 'Really listening to those who are seldom heard' mini-series tackling digital inequality in modern Britain. 

Today's podcast features the fantastic Helen...

Public sector trends for the year ahead from 2023-01-23T10:33:30

This week we speak to Derek Alton, head of Community at Apolitical, which hosts a network of more that 170,000...

How To Fix The NHS from 2023-01-05T17:08:44

In this special - and urgent - episode of The PSC in Conversation, we speak to Lord Bob Kerslake about the current crisis the NHS is facing. We diagnose the current state of affairs, how we got ...

How can scanning improve patient safety? With Dr Kelsey Flott from 2022-06-23T10:03:52

Dr Kelsey Flott, Deputy Director of Patient Safety at NHSX talks to us about finding her passion for patient safety at an early age, the future of technology to drive improvements in patient saf...

Top tips to start your SME's sustainability journey from 2022-06-15T16:59:35

This week, our sustainability team pairs up with our friends and long term collaborators on sustainability initiatives, JMAN Group. 

The teams discuss everything you need to know abo...

Can tech solve the biggest challenges in higher education? from 2022-05-30T04:46:29

This is a special episode of The PSC in Conversation featuring an inside view of our fantastic panel event last week. We discussed the big question: can technology help us tackle some of the gre...

What does a product manager do? With Mark Buckley from 2022-05-23T13:50:21

Meet The PSC digital team's newest product manager, Mark Buckley! 

With nearly five years experience at the Government Digital Service, Mark has worked to develop GOV.UK PaaS (Platfo...

How to stop wasting millions through bad buying with Peter Smith from 2022-05-11T09:57:47

We're so pleased to speak with procurement expert Peter Smith. He is the author of the fabulous "Bad Buying: How organisations waste billions through failures, frauds and f*ck-ups" and ...

How inequality is driving A&E attendance - with Rhian Monteith from 2022-04-26T15:48:04

People that frequently use A&E services make up less than 1% of the population but account for more than 16% of A&E attendance. 

This week, we discuss the role of inequality ...

IWD Special with Vikie Bew from 2022-04-19T10:45:26

Meet Vikie Bew, head of Strategic Projects at HM Treasury. She talks to us about wanting a career with social value and how to make sure that the organisations you work with are making the best ...

IWD Special with Phoebe Robinson from 2022-04-06T09:08:05

Our second episode to celebrate last month’s International Women’s Day.Phoebe Robinson is the Director of Maternity and CYP at NHS England. She talks to us about her career path, discusses ...

IWD Special with Caroline Cake from 2022-03-07T19:28:40

Happy International Women's Day! 

The PSC is celebrating this year by launching a podcast mini-series featuring our fantastic The PSC alumni who have gone on to do great things in th...

What makes a good education? With Jonathan Slater from 2022-01-27T14:58:52

We join the Ex-Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education (DfE) - Jonathan Slater - in this year's first The PSC in Conversation podcast.

Jonathan helped steer The DfE through en...

A Holiday Special With The PSC from 2021-12-17T09:03:56

The PSC digital team reviews some of the digi highs and lows across the public sector over the past year and what they're most looking forward to in 2022.

From working with the Red Cross ...

Living with Legacy, Part 8: Is Legacy Tech Always Bad? from 2021-10-25T10:37:22

Over the last two months, our digital team has spoken to rocket engineers, Gov Tech experts, academics, authors and technical architects to try to understand the true role of legacy tech in our ...

Living with Legacy, Part 7: Derek Alton from 2021-10-11T16:55:43

How can we make everyone feel like an insider in government?

Our final Living with Legacy guest is self-proclaimed Digital Gov Geek, Derek Alton, who is on a mission to figure out how to ...

Living with Legacy, Part 6: Dr Adam Baker from 2021-10-04T18:51:10

Our final Living with Legacy guest is no other than a rocket engineer! Our host Fiona Jamieson speaks to Dr Adam Baker, an entrepreneur who designs more affordable space launch services and is c...

Living with Legacy, Part 5: Emily Mills, UKSA from 2021-09-08T06:00

Our Living with Legacy series hurtles into space this week as our host Phil Buckley speaks to The UK Space Agency’s Emily Mills.

When it comes to space, what goes up doesn’t come down. So...

Improving Mental Health Services with Dr Fredrik Johansson from 2021-09-01T11:56:58

Does the road to truly outstanding personalised care lie in standardisation?

On this week’s episode, we’re talking about NHS mental health services. There’s been a huge p...

Living with Legacy, Part 4: Archana Beeram from 2021-08-23T08:00

Where would you find the most legacy tech – in the US or UK healthcare systems?

There aren’t that many people with direct experience working in healthcare settings on bot...

Living with Legacy, Part 3: Dr Tanya Filer from 2021-08-01T06:00

Throwing back the veil on the complicated, at times murky, and often wonderful world of GovTech this week – we welcome Dr Tanya Filer, our latest Living with Legacy guest. 

With over...

Living with Legacy, Part 2: Robert Hettrick from 2021-07-26T04:00

We continue our Living with Legacy series this week by welcoming technical architect to the stars – Robert Hettrick. And by stars, perhaps we’ve spent too long working in the public sector digit...

Living With Legacy, Part 1: Marianne Bellotti from 2021-07-19T06:00

The digital team kicks of our Living with Legacy mini-series with a bang this week. We speak to Marianne Bellotti – US software engineer and author of Kill it with Fire, THE book on managing leg...

What Went Wrong At The Post Office? from 2021-06-07T08:32:49

This week we speak about the UK’s most widespread miscarriage of justice - The Post Office Scandal.  This is the tragic story of a failed IT system that led to innocent post office workers ...

Delivery Units: Do They Work? from 2021-05-05T11:28:22

Boris Johnson followed in the footsteps of many prime ministers before him by announcing the launch of a new delivery unit last week. But why do we keep coming back to delivery units and...