NHS England Podcast

Tune into the South west Allied Health Professions (AHPs) 2024 Podcast series, featuring 12 episodes. Recorded at Westonbirt Arboretum, the series includes 8 live campfire stories and 4 additional episodes. AHPs from across the South West share stories that connect, inspire, and elevate, showcasing how they implement the AHPs Deliver strategy for England. Sometimes, things go wrong. This is part of everyday life and often we can quickly reflect, adapt, and move on. But when the adverse event is more significant, how do we acknowledge and understand the harm felt by all those involved so that we can truly learn and feel reconciled with what has happened? In this episode Toni Hall, a Diagnostic Radiographer shares the experiences based on a true story, of an operation that went wrong and resulted in catastrophic harm to a patient. Following the methodologies of Restorative Practice, Toni explores how individuals and teams can work through their experiences to become reconciled. A transcript of this episode is available on our website - https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/ep1-restoration-and-healing-from-harm-toni-hall/ Contact us: england.ahpwte.sw@nhs.net

Tune into the South west Allied Health Professions (AHPs) 2024 Podcast series, featuring 12 episodes. Recorded at Westonbirt Arboretum, the series includes 8 live campfire stories and 4 additional episodes. AHPs from across the South West share stories that connect, inspire, and elevate, showcasing how they implement the AHPs Deliver strategy for England. In this podcast Abigail Patrick an ODP working as a Specialist Research Practitioner & Neurology Research Team Leader at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust shares her alternative and unexpected career journey. From 1996 as a Project 2000 Nurse taking an agency shift in the operating theatre which inspired a love for theatres, to taking a job as a Nursing Auxiliary which led to starting operating department practitioner (ODP) training. Most ODP’s will concentrate their career within the operating theatre or perioperative environment. To be different, Abigail chose an alternative path; Anaesthetic ODP to pre-operative assessment and then into research. 10 years in Research and Abigail is now a Specialist Research Practitioner with expertise in Parkinson Disease Assessment. A transcript of this episode is available on our website - https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/ep8-an-unexpected-journey-of-an-odp-abigail-patrick/ Contact us: england.ahpwte.sw@nhs.net

Dr. Dianne Addei, a public health consultant and NHS England lead for sickle cell services, joins patient Chris Abdulahi, Anthony Mason, and others to discuss the transformative power of digital care plans. They share personal stories about navigating the challenges of sickle cell disease, including intense pain and mental health issues. The conversation highlights the significance of cultural sensitivities in healthcare and how the Universal Care Plan is revolutionizing patient care, providing tailored approaches for better outcomes and addressing health inequalities.

Sickle cell is a life-long debilitating condition that predominantly affects people of black African and black African Caribbean background. This podcast series explores what it is like to have sickle cell and what the NHS is doing to improve sickle cell care following publication of the No One’s Listening report. In episode 1 Dr Dianne Addei, a consultant in public health medicine and NHS England’s lead for sickle-cell services, is joined by patient, Stephanie George, and Dr Rossby Awadzi, a North-west London haematology doctor to help clinicians, patients and the public to get a better understanding of sickle cell. Stephanie explains what it is like to live with sickle cell, while Dianne and Rossby discuss the benefits of genetic blood testing ahead of blood transfusions, the sickle cell patient education programme, role of staff education and Dianne provides an update on the new NHS sickle cell disorder emergency department by-pass units. A transcript of this episode is available on our website - https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/transcript-podcast-1-understanding-sickle-cell-and-the-role-of-education/ Contact us: england.sicklecellreview@nhs.net

Audio version of the NHS invitation for winter flu & COVID-19 vaccinations for people aged 65 and over. A transcript of this episode is available on our website - https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/flu-covid-19-vaccination-audio-invitation-65/ Contact us: england.contactus@nhs.net

Audio version of the NHS invitation for a winter COVID-19 vaccination for people at increased risk of serious illness because of a health condition. A transcript of this episode is available on our website - https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/covid-19-vaccination-audio-invitation-increased-risk/ Contact us: england.contactus@nhs.net

The Patient safety healthcare inequalities programme has resulted in the generation of recommendations for improvement that were co-designed with clinicians, patient safety specialists, people with lived experience or expertise in inequalities, and our lay patient safety partners (PSPs). In particular, our two PSPs were part of this large multi-disciplinary group which met virtually each month. Here the PSPs describe their backgrounds and reasons for helping the national patient safety team and outline how they have contributed to the plan for reducing patient safety healthcare inequalities. They describe how they were able to be a voice for people from ethnic backgrounds that are often not heard; to shape future NHS services making them more inclusive and safe; using ‘real time insight’, to help to close the gap in health inequalities and provide more equitable access to services. As part of the team they were able to challenge perceptions of barriers and bring solutions in how to overcome them. They have also contributed by helping to develop the role of PSPs by being involved in discussions about how to shape the role and how to ensure recruitment is effective in attracting people from diverse groups.

Colleagues in Cornwall discuss the benefits of life planning for individuals with learning disabilities and autism. They explore empowering individuals through personalized planning methods, the impact of live planning events on cultural change and family relationships, and a case study showing positive outcomes through effective communication and collaboration.

A short podcast where Amy talks about her personal experience of life planning and how it supported her to move out of a mental health hospital. A transcript of this episode is available on our website - https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/amys-story/ Contact us: england.learning.disability@nhs.net

National Medical Examiner System - https://tinyurl.com/2z6e8en2 Medical examiners are senior doctors who provide independent scrutiny of the causes of death and are supported by medical examiner officers. They provide that independent scrutiny in three ways. They carry out a proportionate review of the medical records. They offer bereaved people an opportunity to ask questions and raise concerns. They also talk to the doctor who is completing the medical certificate of cause of death. If medical examiners detect a concern, they pass it on to established clinical governance processes that are in place at the relevant provider to be looked at in more detail. Two patient safety partners were a key part of our implementation group. As lay representatives, patient safety partners bring a different perspective in terms of patient safety that's been very valuable and ensures that bereaved people are central to the work. They also shared close family experiences with the group and championed an approach that ensured that the key material is available in 12 languages. Here one of our PSPs describe their experience of working with us and what they would recommend to others to enable real partnership in co-designing healthcare. For more information regarding this topic, please email us patientsafety.enquiries@nhs.net