
Is Medicine Still Worth It?
Would you still choose medicine, knowing what it costs to get in and what it takes to stay? Medical students are graduating with growing debt. Resident doctors say they are paid less, working more and learning less than

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Hosted by Loveena Tandon · 🇺🇸 US · EN-GB · 15 episodes
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HealthCross Talks is a frontline-led podcast exploring whether the NHS can be saved and if so, how. With major reform underway and a new 10-Year Health Plan emerging, we go beyond headlines to focus on practical, workable solutions. Through in-depth conversations with doctors, nurses, leaders, and policymakers, we bring NHS voices to the forefront because they know what’s broken, and what it will take to fix it.
Loveena Tandon hosts HealthCross Talks, a health show with 15 episodes published.

Would you still choose medicine, knowing what it costs to get in and what it takes to stay? Medical students are graduating with growing debt. Resident doctors say they are paid less, working more and learning less than

Fairness, Differential Attainment & the Future NHS Workforce Doctors from ethnic minority backgrounds and international medical graduates have long experienced different outcomes in exams, training, and career progressio

“The day after the NHS was created, it went into crisis,and it has been in crisis ever since.” And today, even the meaning of healthcare ischanging: “We don’t want to be called patients anymore. Weare consumers of health

BAPIO HealthCross Talks Series 2- Few issues shape public conversations and even elections, like theNHS. From resident doctors’ strikes and workforce pressures toquestions around immigration and the future of healthcare,

Doctorsunemployed… while patients are treated in corridors. How did the NHS reach thispoint? In this episode of HealthCrosstalk, recorded at the BritishAssociation of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO)Conference 2025, w

Doctors unemployed… while patients are treated in corridors. In this teaser, we bust the claim that “IMGs are flooding the job market” and look at why the narrative has shifted towards prioritising UK graduates. And as t

Will it reduce NHS waiting lists or create new risks? And if surgery is “robotic” … who is really in control? As the global AI community prepares to gather in New Delhitoday, the 16th of February for the next five days,

The Big AI Myth? Are robots really operating on patients? Is AI about to replace doctors? For over 20 years, there has been a major misconception aboutrobotic surgery, that machines are doing the operation. In this tease

We’ve seen the numbers. Too often, we scroll pastthem. But behind every statistic is a patient in pain — and a system atbreaking point. 👉 1.5 million patients waitedover 12 hours last year. 👉 Thousands in mental health

1 in 4 NHS staff are from a BAME background — yetonly 7% reach senior leadership. In episode 4 of HealthCross Talks , Dr Ramesh Mehta OBE, founder of BAPIO, reveals why racial bias still blocks career growth — and how cu

The NHS workforce crisis is real. In January 2025, over 60,000 patients in Englandwaited more than 12 hours in A&E after a decision to admit them—a record high, accounting for more than 15% of all admissions that month.

With over 112,000 staff vacancies and 20,000doctors projected to miss out on specialty training this year (BMA), the NHS faces a critical moment. Workforce, infrastructure, and training challengesare now impossible to ig

With over 112,000 staff vacancies and 20,000doctors projected to miss out on specialty training this year (BMA), the NHS faces a critical moment. Workforce, infrastructure, and training challengesare now impossible to ig

What will it really take to fix the NHS—more funding, better training, listening to the frontline? In this episode, we explore what it truly takes to rebuild the #NHS —from workforce challenges to training, infrastructur

The NHS is at a turning point. With NHS England set to be dissolved and control shifting to theDepartment of Health, questions around leadership, accountability, andmeaningful change are more pressing than ever. Around 7
Dr Adrian Boyle
Emergency Medicine Consultant · Royal College of Emergency Medicine
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Adrian Boyle
Royal College of Emergency Medicine
1 appearance on this show
Dr Ramesh Mehta OBE
British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin
1 appearance on this show
Professor Stuart Walker
University Hospitals Bristol, Weston NHS Foundation Trust
1 appearance on this show
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