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Last week, Emma Whigham (Hospital 2.0 Alliance Director, NHP) and Rick Lennard (Chief Operating Officer, NHP) spoke on <\/span>The Infrastructure Podcast<\/a>, hosted by infrastructure journalist and commentator, Antony Oliver.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Infrastructure Podcast is a regular series featuring conversations with some of the key leaders and influencers from across UK infrastructure sector.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the podcast, Emma and Rick explain the programme’s ambition to transform healthcare infrastructure across the NHS, what makes this programme different from previous approaches, and why the 12\u2011year, \u00a337bn Hospital 2.0 Alliance is key to delivery.<\/span><\/p>\n

This episode builds on the December discussion (Episode 143), where Doug Baldock (Executive Technical Director, NHP) and Emily King (Industrialisation Director, NHP) described the Hospital 2.0 system and our approach to industrialisation across the New Hospital Programme.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Have a listen wherever you get your podcasts:<\/span><\/p>\n

Apple – <\/span>https:\/\/lnkd.in\/eVss3VzQ<\/a><\/p>\n

Spotify – <\/span>https:\/\/lnkd.in\/eiYspfDs<\/a><\/p>\n

YouTube – <\/span>https:\/\/lnkd.in\/ezbjDetj<\/a><\/p>\n

Amazon – <\/span>https:\/\/lnkd.in\/eFpvUmy5<\/a><\/p>\n

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Please do share the Podcast, post and comment on <\/span>Linkedin<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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