NHS England’s former Chief Nursing Information Officer and founder of the Future Nurse community, Natasha Phillips, is bringing nurses and tech together for better care. Join her monthly as she helps to keep nurses at the forefront of digital transformation in health, joined by nurses, nursing leaders, partners from the health tech industry and academics from higher education.
E16 – Digital inclusion in the community and vibe coding for beginners
Future Nurse Notes LIVE! explores digital inclusion in healthcare and introduces vibe coding for beginners, offering insights into innovative medical technologies.
13 Jul 2026
E15 – Live from the Festival of Digital in Salford
Host Natasha speaks with frontline staff and leaders about enabling digital change in nursing, uncovering collaboration's role in innovation.
9 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
E14 – UK first virtual nursing pilot and tech for meds management.
Host Matthew Wynn and guest Freda Donkor explore the UK's first virtual nursing pilot and advancements in digital medication management.
12 May 2026TRANSCRIPT
E13 – Celebrating innovation on International Nurses Day
Host [Host Name] interviews a surgical nurse and nurse researcher about VR pain management and a deputy Chief Nurse about AI's impact on nursing.
14 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT
E12 – How virtual nursing swept the US
Host [Host Name] interviews the founder of the Virtual Nursing Academy about how virtual nursing transforms US healthcare and its impact on neighborhood-based care.
10 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT
E11 – What does virtual nursing really mean?
Host Jacqui Copper and guest David Kwo explore the true meaning and implications of virtual nursing for healthcare professionals.
10 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT
E10 – Special interest group for AVT in nursing and digital skills education
Future Nurse podcast episode explores the Special Interest Group for ambient voice technology in nursing and a digital skills education program, highlighting innovations and confidence-building for NHS staff.
13 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT
E9 – Compassionate leadership and person-centred care in digital nursing
Nurse leaders explore compassionate leadership and person-centered care within digital nursing, also discussing sustainable wearables and AI's role in healthcare access in this interview episode.
9 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT
E8 – Ambient voice tech for nursing and digitising meds admin
Natasha explores ambient voice technology's impact on nursing and the potential of digitizing medication administration to improve patient safety and free up nurses' time.
11 Nov 2025TRANSCRIPT
E7 – Support for nurse innovators and discovering where genomics meets digital
Nurse leader Tracie Miles discusses her journey as a nurse innovator, exploring the intersection of genomics and digital technology in nursing, in an interview on the podcast.
15 Oct 2025TRANSCRIPT
E6 – Hospital to community shift and WHO call for workforce optimisation case studies
CNIOs and WHO representatives discuss the shift from hospital to community care and the WHO's workforce optimization plan, highlighting exemplar innovation projects and ambient voice technology in nursing; this is an interview episode.
13 Sept 2025TRANSCRIPT
E5 – Nurse-tech news and support for nurse innovators
Host [Host Name] interviews [Guest Name] about innovation incubators, accelerators, and funding for nurse innovators, alongside shaping England's nursing strategy and UK clinical informatics.
13 Aug 2025TRANSCRIPT
E4 – Two trials: ambient AI and live language translation
Host Natasha Curry interviews industry experts on how ambient AI and live language translation are revolutionizing nursing documentation and patient communication.
9 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT
E3 – Digital nursing careers and education
Becky Ashworth from Future Nurse explores digital nursing careers and education, highlighting how nurses integrate digital change into their careers and how educators prepare students for digital roles in an interview.
12 May 2025TRANSCRIPT
E2 – Celebrating International Nurses’ Day 2025
Host Natasha and nurse Matthew Wynne celebrate International Nurses’ Day 2025, reflecting on Florence Nightingale's relevance and discussing digitizing nurse guidance and education in this interview.
9 Apr 2025TRANSCRIPT
E1 – Cyber security in nursing and data led leadership
Natasha is joined by health tech industry colleagues from BT Health and Communities to discuss helping NHS staff be super cyber aware human firewalls and the CNIO from Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust speaks about a trailblazing training programme to support its staff in making transformative change using the rich data set that’s been collected in the Trust. Plus, there’s news about funding that’s available through the National Institute for Health Research for innovations that are tackling healthcare inequality.
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E14 – UK first virtual nursing pilot and tech for meds management.
Published 9 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] How can we ensure that the patients can see and actually what kind of things would our patients want from us, really? And have somebody on the other side of the screen that there's always sort of visual on there to be able to kind of see the patient and actually communicate with the patient's. whilst also being mindful elements such as dignity. So within the technology, you can kind of hide the screen. So things such as personal care, we would hide it. So actually we can't see what's going on until the timeframes passed. But this, again, gave us some real good opportunities and we were able to facilitate things like pain relief for patients. […]
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