Podcasts about health secretary jeremy hunt

After 39 days in office the UK Prime Minister Liz Truss has done a dramatic U-turn on her tax-cut plans in an effort to reassure financial markets. She has also dropped her close ally Kwasi Kwarteng as UK finance minister, replacing him as Chancellor with former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.

Interviews with three Conservative leadership hopefuls: Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee Tom Tugendhat and former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt. Sophy and team on discussions of tax and spending plans from three of those hoping to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister.Host: Sophy RidgeContributors: Scott Beasley & Toby SculthorpProducer: Scott Beasley

An estimated 117,000 people have died while on NHS waiting lists as the devastating knock-on effect of Covid-19's many waves on hospitals is revealed.Now the treatment backlog stands at 6.5 million people, as coronavirus rates spike and the health service struggles with staffing problems.It came as Wes Streeting, Labour MP for Ilford North and shadow health secretary, returned to Hampstead's Royal Free Hospital to thank medics who spotted a cancerous tumour during a routine kidney scan.To make sense of the shocking new death rate figures, revealed in Freedom of Information requests by Labour, we're joined by Evening Standard health editor Ross Lydall.We discuss how London's waiting times compare to the trusts elsewhere in the country, and which surgical specialisms have been hardest hit.At the same time, former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt's been speaking about how his government prepared for the wrong sort of pandemic.The Department of Health and Social Care called the data “deeply misleading” and said the deaths “may be completely unrelated” to the treatment for which the patient was waiting. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt says that the cost of maternity litigation claims in England is now more than the cost of salaries for maternity nurses and doctors. We crunch the numbers and ask how worried parents and taxpayers should be. Also are there more bees in the world than stars in the galaxy? And would planes be much lighter if they didn't bother with windows? Maths Professor Hannah Fry talks to us about her experience of cancer and the choices she and others have faced after a diagnosis. And we hear from author Simon Singh, who wants to bring fun maths conversations into homes everywhere. Produced in partnership with the Open University.

Sarah Vine and her co-host, author Imogen Edwards-Jones, speak to former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt on the Shrewsbury maternity scandal, and speak to royal biographer Angela Levin on Prince Andrew's appearance at Prince Philip's memorial service. Plus, Theresa Cheung, author of The Dream Dictionary, on the surprising meanings of Sarah and Imogen's dreams… See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Westminster — like much of the world — was caught napping by the deadly new coronavirus which emerged from China in 2019. This week Jack Blanchard speaks to experts from around the world to consider what we can do now to better prepare for the next pandemic, and avoid a similar catastrophe next time round.Professor Julia Gog of Cambridge University explains how different types of virus spread in different ways, and the sorts of intervention we might need in response. Former U.K. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt warns of the dangers of Whitehall groupthink, while Dr Jason Wang of Stanford University sets out the lessons we can learn from east Asian countries like Taiwan and South Korea. Richard Hatchett of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) explains how vaccine deployment and distribution can be sped up, while Professor Kevin Esvelt of MIT and Nicole Stephenson of Metabiota stress the best approach of all is to tackle emerging threats at source. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Boris Johnson and his government won the vote today to cut foreign aid spending, but there were rebels and some very prominent ones, including former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt and former Prime Minister Theresa May. What should the government learn from this in order to win  potentially even more contentious votes down the line? To discuss Isabel Hardman speak to James Forsyth. 

An IPSOS Mori poll for the Evening Standard's revealed half the public thinks coronavirus rules over the Christmas period aren't strict enough. Meanwhile, Boris Johnson's under pressure to scale back the so-called festive “bubbles” as top scientists, medical experts and former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt call for a review. But our political editor, Joe Murphy, says many people have already made their plans, and forcing them to be cancelled at this stage would be difficult. Also, Jonathan Prynn tells us how & why London's set to lose around £700 million under Tier 3. He says businesses are "angry" at the new restrictions, particularly in hospitality and retail which have spent thousands to make their premises covid-safe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As large parts of the north-east of England are put under further restrictions, and figures today reveal only a third of people are receiving their covid test results within 24 hours, what’s going wrong? Adam, Laura and James ask the former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt about what the backlog could mean for the Winter. And, Samantha Bond reads us extracts of the new book by Lady Sasha Squire that’s got everyone in Westminster talking. Producers: Frankie Tobi, Ben Weisz, Nat Ktena, Alix Pickles Editor: Dino Sofos

Joe Biden is leading Donald Trump in the polls, so what is at the root of his appeal? (00:50) The government is anxious about a second wave - can it avoid repeating its mistakes? (11:15) And Rachel Johnson on her generation of high flyers and early retirees (23:30).With editor of the Spectator's US edition, Freddy Gray; our economics correspondent Kate Andrews; deputy political editor Katy Balls; former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt; journalist Rachel Johnson; and comedian Dominic Frisby.Presented by Cindy Yu.Produced by Cindy Yu, Max Jeffery, and Sam Russell.

Joe Biden is leading Donald Trump in the polls, so what is at the root of his appeal? (00:50) The government is anxious about a second wave - can it avoid repeating its mistakes? (11:15) And Rachel Johnson on her generation of high flyers and early retirees (23:30). With editor of the Spectator's US edition, Freddy Gray; our economics correspondent Kate Andrews; deputy political editor Katy Balls; former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt; journalist Rachel Johnson; and comedian Dominic Frisby. Presented by Cindy Yu. Produced by Cindy Yu, Max Jeffery, and Sam Russell.

Matt Hancock apologises and pledges 100,000 tests a day by end of April, and former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt takes listeners questions.

Today, Nick Ferrari is joined by current Health Secretary Matt Hancock who has just recovered from Covid-19, and former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt answers listeners questions.

This podcast is drawn from a Progress Educational Trust (PET) event called Putting Your Genome to Work: For the NHS, for Industry, for the UK Post-Brexit Chair:  Sarah Norcross, Director of PET Speakers: Dr Eliot Forster, Chair of MedCity  Dr Edward HockingsFounding Director of Ethics and Genetics Dr Athena Matakidou, Head of Clinical Genomics at AstraZeneca's Centre for Genomics Research, and Consultant in Medical Oncology at Cambridge University Hospitals Dr Jayne Spink, Chief Executive of Genetic Alliance UK We are at the beginning of a biomedical revolution built on the promise of genomics. The British government has put this at the heart of its post-Brexit industrial strategy.  So what is the potential of genomics, what is the journey we are setting out on, and what are the pitfalls? The British Government's Industrial Strategy White Paper Building a Britain Fit for the Future sets out an ambition for the UK to 'be the world's most innovative economy' and play a leading role in a 'fourth industrial revolution... characterised by a fusion of technologies that is blurring the lines between the physical, digital and biological worlds'. The White Paper argues that 'the government, the NHS and charities can all contribute to make the UK an attractive location for businesses to invest and for patients to benefit'. According to the first in a series of Sector Deals published in the wake of the White Paper, the Life Sciences Sector Deal, 'a new genomics industry is beginning to emerge... with UK companies like AstraZeneca, Cambridge Epigenetix, Genomics plc and Congenica working with Genomics England'. The Sector Deal discusses investments from and agreements with a variety of companies, involving the whole genomes of around 70,000 participants in the 100,000 Genomes Project and around half a million participants in UK Biobank. GSK and others have committed to sequencing the whole genomes of the latter, while a separate consortium coordinated by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals will sequence the exomes (partial genomes) of these same participants in the shorter term. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt says the Sector Deal 'proves that life science organisations of all sizes will continue to grow and thrive in the coming years, which means NHS patients will continue to be at the front of the queue for new treatments'. However, there remains a degree of public unease about the involvement of commercial interests in health. This unease may be intensified at a time when how best to fund and manage the NHS, how best to approach Brexitand who can be trusted with health-related data are all matters of ongoing concern. Issues discussed at the event included: What are the benefits of genomics for patients? How can we ensure that the NHS, and its patients, derive reciprocal benefit from scientific and medical advances that involve people's genomic data? How can we address the view that there is, or should be, a clear partition between public and private involvement in health, when the development of medicines and diagnostics has always been led by the private sector (and now the Industrial Strategy involves closer collaboration)? What can we learn from the world of direct-to-consumer genetic testing, where consumers often consent to their data being used in research (to the commercial benefit of the testing company)? Finally, can we learn anything from proposals by a US company to treat members of the public neither as patients nor as consumers but rather as 'data owners', who will use blockchain technology to make their genomic data accessible (or inaccessible) to whomever they wish? Photo:  PLOS One Pyhlogeny Comparative genomic DNA hybridization and in silico comparison of gene content within mobile elements of bovine and human SA isolates

Mick Coyle looked into the government's plans to plough an extra £300mil funding into school's to help with extra mental health support for children. The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, revealed plans for what he says is an 'ambitious' attempt to transform the treatment of young people with mental health problems. The government released a Green Paper detailing that children in England are to be seen within four weeks, as part of a trial and how there will also be specialists in every school and college. Andy Tremarco, headteacher of St. Teresa of Lisieux Catholic Primary School, told Mick how he believes a change needs to be made immediately to help children in school's. Plus, hear from Lynn Collins from the TUC, who's daughter has suffered with her mental health, and from Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt and Shadow Education Secretary, Angela Rayner. Follow Mick Coyle: @MrMickCoyle

How some people are far too upset about Big Ben not ringing for a few years, the showdown between Stephen Hawking and Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, what David Davis is really like, and the firing of the White House Chief of Strategy Stephen Bannon. Hosted by James Fox and with Alex Maskill

The row over junior doctors' contracts has spilled over to the courts as the campaign group Justice for Health took on the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt in a judicial review.

This drive for changing the way the NHS operates has been frequently used by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt as the reason why a change to junior doctor and consultant contracts is needed. But what does it actually mean? John Ware explores what a seven-day NHS would look like, what evidence there is that it's needed, and, crucially, whether we can afford it. Reporter: John Ware Producer: Hannah Barnes Researcher: Kirsteen Knight.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said this week that if you have a stroke at the weekends, you're 20% more likely to die. But is that true? We look at the evidence.Are you more likely to win prizes with newer Premium Bonds? We ask Radio 4's Money Box presenter Paul Lewis if there is any truth in this.A few weeks ago many newspapers were reporting that alcohol was the cause of 70% of Accident and Emergency attendances over the weekends. Did the newspapers misunderstand the research?Why was the polling in the run up to the General Election last year so wrong? We speak to Professor John Curtice, lead author on a report using the 2015 British Social Attitudes Survey to see if they could come up with better data. There is great excitement over rumours that one of the predictions Einstein made in his theory of General Relativity has finally been observed. We ask UCL physicist Dr Andrew Pontzen why this is big news.Plus, is the air in Beijing is so bad that it's like smoking 40 cigarettes a day? We investigate.

The Moral Maze returns this week to apply its nose to the grindstone and naturally the prospect of work is exercising our collective mind. Ringing, perhaps guiltily in our ears, are the words last week of the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt. Defending the changes to tax credits he said "We want this to be one of the most successful countries in the world in 20, 30, 40 years' time. There's a pretty difficult question that we have to answer, which is essentially: are we going to be a country which is prepared to work hard in the way that Asian economies are prepared to work hard, in the way that Americans are prepared to work hard? And that is about creating a culture where work is at the heart of our success." According to one business expert he may have a point. Rohit Talwar, the chief executive of Fast Future, has said teachers should be preparing schoolchildren for a future that could see them having to work in 40 different jobs until they reach 100. For many this debate isn't just about increasing life expectancy and the cost of state pensions. It's about what kind of contribution society has the right to ask of its citizens and whether the common good demands that we try to meet it. Is work not just financially rewarding, but morally improving? Is self-reliance a virtue that is undervalued in Britain? Or are they both a moral smokescreen for a soulless, utilitarian attitude that sees us all as units of economic production and only values us while we continue to contribute? Isn't the true test of good work not whether it's 'hard' but whether it's fulfilling and productive? Whether we enjoy it? The Moral Maze chaired as ever by Michael Buerk. Michael is a man known for his love of hard work. He says he can watch it for hours. Chaired by Michael Buerk with Melanie Phillips, Michael Portillo, Giles Fraser and Matthew Taylor. Witnesses are Sheila Lawlor, Dan Taylor, Tom Hodgkinson and Lord Maurice Glasman.

Women are to be banned from claiming free breast enlargements on the NHS. This will be part of a new spending crackdown. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt and his advisers are drawing up rules which will prevent women from claiming ‘psychological’ need in order to receive cosmetic enhancement at the taxpayers’ expense. Officials believe that an increasing number of women are using the system creativel to secure enhancements which can cost up to £10,000 privately. An article by Fiona Govan explained how Bullfighting is to be given "cultural heritage worthy of protection" after a successful vote was givena congressional culture committee and will go to a vote in the Senate later this month. The National Court in Madrid has ruled that education is a public job which takes precedance over data protection. The Head Master of a Madrid school checked the mobile phone of a 12 year old boy to see whether it contained any sexual conten. This happened after another, female pupil had complained about what he had shown her..... A Judge Javier Albar decided a driving school in Zaragoza was not discriminatory for offering male learners a cheaper deal on a course of driving lessons. His reasoning was that young men learn quicker and need less time. In the UK, Princess Diana, Madelaine McCann and Jimmy Saville are all back in the news and the police have been extremely busy in Felixstowe.

Women are to be banned from claiming free breast enlargements on the NHS. This will be part of a new spending crackdown. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt and his advisers are drawing up rules which will prevent women from claiming ‘psychological’ need in order to receive cosmetic enhancement at the taxpayers’ expense. Officials believe that an increasing number of women are using the system creativel to secure enhancements which can cost up to £10,000 privately. An article by Fiona Govan explained how Bullfighting is to be given "cultural heritage worthy of protection" after a successful vote was givena congressional culture committee and will go to a vote in the Senate later this month. The National Court in Madrid has ruled that education is a public job which takes precedance over data protection. The Head Master of a Madrid school checked the mobile phone of a 12 year old boy to see whether it contained any sexual conten. This happened after another, female pupil had complained about what he had shown her..... A Judge Javier Albar decided a driving school in Zaragoza was not discriminatory for offering male learners a cheaper deal on a course of driving lessons. His reasoning was that young men learn quicker and need less time. In the UK, Princess Diana, Madelaine McCann and Jimmy Saville are all back in the news and the police have been extremely busy in Felixstowe.