Adam Carson, Managing Director of South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust, discusses initiatives to help people get out of the hospital more quickly. The focus is on the Home First agenda, recognising that hospital isn't always the best environment for recovery. Carson highlights the frailty service, which triages elderly patients and provides subacute intervention before they are admitted to a hospital bed. He also discusses the Community Recovery Service, which aims to rapidly discharge patients with care needs to their home or a domiciliary care provider. The collaboration between health and social care is crucial in making these initiatives successful.

In this episode, Louise McKinlay, Deputy Leader of Essex County Council, discusses the progress made in Essex on the levelling up agenda. She highlights initiatives focused on literacy and numeracy, community supermarkets, digital access, skills development, and childcare. McKinlay emphasises the importance of collaboration with businesses and other partners to drive change and spread opportunity. She also discusses the challenges of maintaining focus and ambition while ensuring sustainability. McKinlay's approach to local government is centred on enabling and empowering individuals and communities, and she emphasises the need for a joined-up approach to address deep-seated challenges.

The Wise group, with a history spanning over four decades, was birthed amidst the backdrop of 1983 Glasgow, a city grappling with the dual challenges of staggering unemployment and poor housing. The group's inception was an act of social innovation, spearheaded by the visionary Alan Sinclair and his diligent team, who sought to empower the unemployed with practical skills, while also striving to improve living conditions through widespread home insulation projects.