SoWhoCaresAnyway
SoWhoCaresAnyway
Podcast Description
So Who Cares Anyway with host Ruth Germaine with her inspirational guest speakers will explore the incredible work and initiatives being undertaken in and with health and social care, as well as voluntary and community-based groups. We’ll discuss why their work matters and what difference they make to the people in their communities. I will also invite individuals with key messages or ideas about what needs to happen to significantly enhance our communities health and well-being.
To improve the health and wellbeing of people and achieve integrated care that focuses upon what matters to people, and what works for them, we all need to share learning, ideas and innovation, broadening our perspective of who cares, what they do and the difference that they make. My hope is that this podcast will provide a space for people to inspire and be inspired.
So, if you have a passion to make a difference to the health and well-being of your communities, join me, tune in and listen.
To find out more about me, or to Buy Me A Coffee to support this podcast visit https://linktr.ee/Reflective_Ruth
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast delves into themes such as healthcare transformation, community well-being, and the integration of health and social care. Specific episodes cover topics like emotional labor in healthcare, the connection between heritage and health, and the importance of workforce transformation, providing practical insights alongside impactful stories.
So Who Cares Anyway with host Ruth Germaine with her inspirational guest speakers will explore the incredible work and initiatives being undertaken in and with health and social care, as well as voluntary and community-based groups. We’ll discuss why their work matters and what difference they make to the people in their communities. I will also invite individuals with key messages or ideas about what needs to happen to significantly enhance our communities health and well-being.
To improve the health and wellbeing of people and achieve integrated care that focuses upon what matters to people, and what works for them, we all need to share learning, ideas and innovation, broadening our perspective of who cares, what they do and the difference that they make. My hope is that this podcast will provide a space for people to inspire and be inspired.
So, if you have a passion to make a difference to the health and well-being of your communities, join me, tune in and listen.
To find out more about me, or to Buy Me A Coffee to support this podcast visit https://linktr.ee/Reflective_Ruth
The Spaces In Between
In this episode, Ruth speaks with William Nicholson, co‑convener of A Better Way, about identity, connection, and the places in society where people don’t neatly fit into boxes. Will shares how growing up mixed Scottish and Chinese shaped his lifelong curiosity about the “spaces in between”; the middle ground where difference meets possibility.
Together, Ruth and Will explore how society has been built around silos, roles, and fixed boxes, and how many of us spend our lives trying to squeeze ourselves into shapes that don’t quite fit. They talk about the yearning for something more connected, more human, and more collaborative, and how A Better Way is helping people imagine and practice that shift.
Will introduces A Better Way’s eight principles and four behaviours, and shares the story of a powerful NHS England project where professionals told their own stories, not as job titles, but as people. It became a toolkit of humanity rather than instructions, and a reminder that sharing power builds power.
A reflective conversation about identity, belonging, connection, and the courage to rethink how we live and work together.
Key reflections
Growing up in the “space in between”
Why society loves boxes, and why they limit us
A Better Way’s eight principles and four behaviours
Power with vs power over
The storytelling project with NHS England and Co:Create
Why professionals need to tell their stories too
Reimagining society from the whole, not the silos
Resources
A Better Way Network https://betterway.network
Principles + Behaviours https://www.betterway.network/the-change-we-want-to-see
NHS Involvement Storytelling Project https://www.betterway.network/involvement-nhs-storytelling-initiative1
Co:Create https://cocreate.org.uk
NHS England Involvement & Engagement https://www.england.nhs.uk/participation
Do With Movement + Kings Fund + Do With Charter
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