On Focus

Founder and CEO of PxHealth Anne Bruinvels joins OnFocus to discuss the launch of OWise Prostate, a digital app designed to support men with prostate cancer. https://owise.uk/prostate/

Former TFTC patient Delroy Wright joins On Focus to discuss his experience with prostate cancer, and to suggest some actions to both men and their doctors about testing and treatment.

Continence Nurse specialist Jane Simpson, author of the Pelvic Floor Bible, joins On Focus to discuss what men with prostate cancer need to know about continence and what they can do about it. The Pelvic Floor Bible is available here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pelvic-Floor-Bible-Everything-Problems/dp/0241386535

Consultant Urologist Tim Dudderidge joins On Focus to discuss what factors contribute to a patient’s recovery from prostate cancer treatment, and how this varies across treatment options. He refers to a recent study of patient recovery from focal therapy, evaluated as functional outcomes https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31971335/

Elvin Box, a popular and passionate advocate for men with prostate cancer joins On Focus to discuss learnings from his experience and how he’s taking these forward to improve the experience of others. Diagnosed in 2016, Elvin is a Movember UK ambassador and has written and campaigned extensively on a number of issues impacting men and their families as they experience a diagnosis of prostate cance...

Lorraine Grover, a Psychosexual Nurse Specialist, joins On Focus to discuss how a prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment impacts sexual identity and sexual relationships. For over 25 years Lorraine has been a passionate driver in helping to improve the way sexuality and sexual function is managed within healthcare. She has expertise in managing male sexual dysfunction and has a special inter...

Tony Collier, ambassador, awareness speaker and fundraiser for Prostate Cancer UK, joins On Focus to to share his views on exercise for men with a prostate cancer diagnosis, borne out of his personal experience as a dedicated runner and that of his many supporters and followers on social media.

Dr Asanga Fernando, Consultant Cancer Liaison Psychiatrist and Clinical Director of the Advanced Patient Simulation and Clinical Skills Centre at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Trust, London, joins OnFocus to discuss his work on integrating mental health support with prostate cancer care.

Dr Sam Merriel joins On Focus to discuss how GPs are supporting men in their prostate health and explores some avenues for improvement. Dr Merriel is a GP practicing in North Somerset in SouthWest England. He is also a clinical senior research fellow at the University of Exeter, investigating ways of improving the early diagnosis of cancer in primary care. He has published research on prostate can...

Alan Doherty, Clinical Director at the Birmingham Prostate Clinic, and recently voted one of the UK’s top ten prostate cancer specialists in a national poll of consultant urologists published in the Daily Mail , joins OnFocus to discuss the recently published study led by Imperial College comparing outcomes of men undergoing focal therapy and radical prostatectomy. Alan ha...

Raj Nigam, Consultant Urologist  at the Royal Surrey NHS Trust and the Focal Therapy Clinic, joins On Focus to discuss the landmark study led by Imperial College London that was published last week to much acclaim. In both its outcomes, design and impact, this study is a breakthrough in supporting better choice and ultimately better care for men diagnosed with localised prostate cancer.

Tim Dudderidge, Consultant Urologist at Southampton University NHS Trust and the Focal Therapy Clinic joins OnFocus to discuss how clinical trials are designed to advance innovations in clinical practice and how they ultimately bring choice and benefit to patients. Tim discusses his involvement in the CHRONOS trials which will investigate outcomes of men udergoing focal th...

TFTC Consultant Urologist Marc Laniado joins On Focus to discuss the impact of Covid-19 and lockdown on prostate cancer services and patient care. The backlog in diagnostics and treatments for men with prostate cancer is real and a major challenge to the NHS, and men must be aware of what’s available to them.

Tina Woods, founder of Collider Health and author of Live Longer with AI, joins On Focus to discuss the changing narrative around ageing, the emerging science of longevity, and how this could impact conversations around treatment for older men with prostate cancer. Tina is an acknowledged leader in the fast-growing field of longevity science. Her recent book “Live Longer w...

Colin Stokes MBE is the indefatigable founder and honorary chairman of the Prostate Project, a charity established in 1998 and dedicated to improving the experience and outcomes for men with prostate cancer. Based at the University of Surrey and closely linked to the Royal Surrey Hospital, it has made a significant impact on both research and patient experience with prostate cancer. In this interv...

Our final interview for 2020 is with Tom Riley, aka Sir Caughtshort, founder of Lockdown Loo, who joins On Focus to discuss the lack of public toilets and how this has caused a public health crisis across the UK. His response was to set up Lockdown Loo, a digital map of available and accessible public toilets. In this interview we discuss how the lack of public toilets discriminates against older...

Focal Therapy patient Ray Braithwaite discusses the difficult and impersonal experience he underwent immediately following his prostate cancer diagnosis which felt to him like being on a conveyor belt. He ultimately went on to undergo HIFU tithe TFTC Consultant Urologist Tim Dudderidge and felt so strongly about this experience that he published an article in his local newspaper on the Isle of Wig...

Peter Hall is 87 years young, and joins On Focus to share his experiences with focal therapy and to encourage older men to seek PSA testing

TFTC Consultant Urologist joins On Focus to discuss the importance of the multidisciplinary team meeting (MDT) in informing diagnostic and treatment decision for men with prostate cancer

Susan Evans Axelsson, Clinical Coordinator joins OnFocus from Prostate Pioneer, a European consortium aiming to transform prostate cancer care by maximising the potential of Big Data.

A discussion of how the changing narrative of ageing is impacting men’s experience with prostate cancer with TFTC consultant Urologist Raj Nigam.

Journalist and publisher Graham Ogilvy joins On Focus to discuss his recent experience with a prostate cancer diagnosis in Scotland that ultimately led him to seek treatment in England, and offers strong advice for men in Scotland to question the “blunt instruments” that are the default diagnostic and treatment offer there.

Tony Collier, ambassador, awareness speaker and fundraiser for Prostate Cancer UK joins Clare to discuss his campaigns and the messages he wants every man and his loved ones to hear regarding prostate cancer. In May 2017, while training for an ultra marathon, Tony was told that a groin strain was in fact prostate cancer that had spread to the pelvic bone and was working its way throughout his...

In recognition of Black History Month, this episode of On Focus builds on the stark fact that black men are diagnosed with prostate cancer at twice the rate of white men, and invites a leader in London’s black community to explore the reasons why. Jonathan Oloyede is a British Nigerian who trained as a medical doctor and now serves as a full-time missionary and minister in England and Europe....

Alan Doherty, Clinical director of the Birmingham Prostate Clinic, discusses how variation in MRI reporting methods affects diagnostic and treatment decisions, and offers advice to patients on ensuring that they are getting best practice from their MRI scan.