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Season
4
Episode
16
22 Sept 2026
Voices of Care.
Elliot Howard-Jones
Season
4
Episode
16
22 Sept 2026
Voices of Care.
Elliot Howard-Jones
A candid and powerful conversation about why community services must move from the margins to the centre of the NHS
“Telling people not to be racist has never worked and never will work.”
Elliot Howard-Jones
CEO Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
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