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. This episode provides food for thought for research curious clinical staff to think about ways that they could get involved in becoming more research aware and research active. Not everyone wants to pursue a career as an academic but that there are still plenty of ways that Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) can contribute to the design, delivery and consumption of research. Whilst the podcast by no means covers an exhaustive list, Kate Coates a Research Physiotherapist at Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust shares some signposts and top tips based on her own experiences with Carrie Biddle, South West Regional Head of Allied Health Professions, Psychology Professions and Healthcare for NHS England Kate can be contacted on X @KCoatesBristol A transcript of this episode is available on our website - https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/ep10-you-dont-have-to-be-an-academic-to-get-involved-in-research/ 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. Why moving 15205.31km from my home, friends and family to work in the NHS was a dream and one that surprises everyone I meet. The NHS offered a unique opportunity to expand my horizons, both professionally and personally – and I’m living that dream! In this episode Laura Johns, a Therapy Lead for Early Careers and Career Development at University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust shares her journey from waking up to the kookaburras to cold water dips in Bournemouth; how she intended a 6-month locum stint, and it turned into a permanent leadership role. Learn how we focus on the ‘little things’ like fostering connection, growth, work-life balance, to ensure our AHP staff thrive in the South West. A transcript of this episode is available on our website - https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/ep07-why-are-you-surprised-i-work-for-the-nhs-laura-johns/ 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. 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 by profession and Associate Director of Patient Care at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust a large, shares the experiences 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 with the impact of harm and uncover a deeper way to identify and share learning to support their healing and promote greater patient safety. A transcript of this episode is available on our website - https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/ep3-bravery-curiosity-and-the-magic-of-stroytelling-in-research-melissa-reed/ 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. 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.