Transforming the NHS in England
HEALTH AND WELLBEING RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE INSTITUTE
Masterclass/lecture availability (Autumn/Winter 2025)
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Location: CML016 Cinema Room, Chester School of Education, Exton Park Campus
Name: Professor David Hunter
Biography
- Professor of Health Policy and Management at Newcastle University
- Chair of the Advisory Board for the Centre for Health and the Public Interest
- Member of the People in UK Public Health Group
- Member of the Advisory Boards for the following journals: Social Science and Medicine, Public Health, Journal of health Organisation and Management, Journal of Integrated Care.
Synopsis
This session examines the pressures on the NHS, focusing on developments in England, and covering the legacy of the pandemic, 14 years of austerity under successive Conservative governments, and the recent reforms announced by the Labour government, including its 10 Year Health Plan, which, far from transforming the NHS, appears to represent a 'back to the future' approach. Students will explore the challenges of implementing policy in complex, politically scrutinised systems like the NHS. Key topics include: tackling waiting lists; Integrated Care Systems, and a place-based approach to health and wellbeing; collaboration with local government to address health inequalities, improve population health, and tackle the problems facing social care; and is choice and competition in health care the solution to the NHS's problems.
Exton Park is centrally located in Chester, and accessible via the M53, A483, A41, A56, and public transport from the city centre.
Address
University of Chester, Parkgate Road, Chester, CH1 4BJThe Greenway Gate, accessible between 7am – 9pm with your University pass, is located at the back of the overflow car park and is the nearest point of access to the Millennium Greenway cycle path that connects to routes throughout the city.
Bache train station is a 15-minute walk from Exton Park and Chester railway station is a 20-minute walk. Arriva 1A and Arriva 1 run frequent services that stop with a short walk to Exton Park. All three Park and Ride routes, PR1, PR2 and PR3 have connections within walking distance to Exton Park.
Parking on campus is limited, so we recommend using public transport and/or walking if possible.