Ep 7. Connectivity in the Public Sector, Martin McFadyen

02/03/20 • 31 min

Head of Public Sector at Virgin Media Business, Martin McFadyen, joins us in the studio to weigh in on the role of connectivity in the public sector and why joining up health and social care services is critical to enhancing public services.

We are living in an ever-evolving digital world, meaning people have greater expectations of what it can deliver every day, the challenge is incorporating this into public services as the demand is greater than ever, and the budget.... not so much.

Integrated health and care partnerships are a central theme to the discussion and why Manchester in particular is leading the way in this respect. Big data and the fear that comes with the journey to the cloud are covered as Martin talks about demystifying the internet.

Martin argues that cloud-first agendas are not scary concepts, and tech and data need demystifying, so that local authorities can make the most of what’s available to provide for their areas.

Other topics include social value, digital skills, job creation and shared learning and working. There is one area he thinks that the public sector could still stand to evolve further, can you guess what it is?

Martin looks back at the past ten years and how the digital evolution has shaped public service, from having video conferences on the bus into work, to health data storage – he begs the question, what is there that exists today, that could be done slightly better tomorrow?

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Martin argues that cloud-first agendas are not scary concepts, and tech and data need demystifying, so that local authorities can make the most of what’s available to provide for their areas.

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Ep 6. Housing from a Northern perspective, Tracy Harrison

Chief executive of Northern Housing Consortium, Tracy Harrison, joins us in the PSE Podcast room to discuss the housing sector from a Northern perspective. Tracy is a keen believer in fairer housing policies for the North and explains what services NHC can provide for their members.

With hosts Matt Roberts and Ailsa Cowen, the discussion was flowing in the PSE podcast room in Manchester as we hear about how the North’s slice of the housing and planning pie has got smaller.

Do you think decarbonisation plays a part in housing? Tracy divulges why the challenge of non-decent housing plays a part in carbon emissions.

Tracey expresses her passion about turning discussions between local authority members and housing association towards housing to advance housing plans.

She’s very keen for local authorities and housing associations to get in touch, and work together with the NHC in aid of evolving housing not just in the North, but in whole of the UK.

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Ep 8. Connecting, Collaborating and Causing mischief, Simone Roche

Founder of Northern Power Women, Simone Roche MBE, joins us for our eighth PSE podcast to discuss the acceleration of women in business, talking us through her journey to Northern Power Women and how she was made in the Royal Navy.

With hosts Emily Rodgers and Ailsa Cowen, the conversation kept flowing in the PSE podcast room in Manchester as Simone talks us through the shift in business culture and why we need to celebrate role models in the North.

Not one to do thing by half measures, Simone outlines how she keeps the Northern Powerhouse Minister in check for gender equality and including people of all ages, races and backgrounds into the conversation.

Bringing an engaged community of 50,000 along on this journey with her and the exiting new projects they have to look forward to in 2020.

As inspiring as she is enthusiastic, she is a champion or the North, and understands why the public sector needs diversity of thought to thrive in the new decade and how connectivity is absolutely essential.

This podcast is for you if you are passionate about the north, although she did say she was ‘over’ the North/South divide and is working to improve ‘the art of our possible’ for everyone, everywhere!

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