The Patients Association Podcast
The Patients Association Podcast
Podcast Description
The Patients Association is an independent patient charity, that works directly with patients to campaign for improvements in health and social care. Here you'll find audio recordings of the Patients Association's free online webinars.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The webinars focus on essential themes in healthcare such as patient engagement, the impact of medical silencing, and the need for improved listening in medical practice, exemplified by discussions like the one with Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan, who highlights the historical lack of patient voice in healthcare.
The Patients Association is an independent patient charity, that works directly with patients to campaign for improvements in health and social care. Here you’ll find audio recordings of the Patients Association’s free online webinars.
About this event
This webinar assessed progress to date on the 10 Year Plan’s commitment to give “power to the people” by amplifying patient voice, expanding patient choice and reprioritising people’s experiences of care.
The conversation was facilitated by Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan, NHS doctor and author of Unheard: The Medical Practice of Silencing, and was tailored to what progress has been made by June 2026 towards the Plan’s commitments.
Panellists shared views and recommendations on how these commitments can be delivered to ensure person centred care is embedded in a reformed health service and how to consider turning the 10YP blueprint into reality.
This session has been developed in partnership with Picker.
Learn more about Patient Partnership Week 2026
Speakers
- Chair: Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan, Sexual Health and HIV Medicine Consultant, and Honorary Senior Lecturer
- Rachel Power, Chief Executive, the Patients Association
- Chris Graham, Chief Executive Officer, Picker
- Cheryl Tackie, Chair, Patient Partner Voice-National Cancer Programme, NHS England
Our webinars are free to attend, so that everyone can access the information and support they need. If you’re able to do so, a voluntary donation helps support our work and ensures we can keep providing trusted information and support to patients who need it most.
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