London Health Podcast

Air Quality and asthma - young people's perspective by Transformation Partners in Health and Care

Asthma Friendly Schools - Challenges And How To Overcome Them by Transformation Partners in Health and Care

A Place Based Approach To Improving Asthma Care by Transformation Partners in Health and Care

Recycling of asthma inhalers – challenges and solutions by Transformation Partners in Health and Care

How Schools Can Support The Air Quality And Asthma Agenda To Help CYP To Live Their Best Lives by Transformation Partners in Health and Care

In the final podcast of this series, Dani Lewis, one of our Lived Experienced Practitioners interviews Dr Phil Minoudis, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Head of East London NHS Foundation Forensic Personality Disorder Psychology and the Joint Chair of London Pathways Partnership. In a wide ranging interview they discuss a number of important issues including the work done within the offender pat...

In this podcast, we meet two key members of our CEN work stream - Mina, one of our Lived Experience Practitioners and Neil Springham, Consultant art therapist, Director of Therapies, Executive Lead for Patient Experience at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. Together they think about what it means to have a label of personality disorder/CEN, the importance of language, the role of co-production, the val...

The Listening Place - An Award winning team of volunteers who offer, free confidential on going face to face listening by appointment to people who feel that life is no longer worth living. https://listeningplace.org.uk/

This podcast is the fourth podcast in our series that highlights examples of good practice that have been identified by our lived experience practitioners. In this podcast we meet the “two Claires”, they both work in a Cancer Care service and discuss how their team ensure they work with the whole person - ensuring both mental and physical health needs are considered and met within their team. Ment...

Hear how clean air clinics are helping to address the impact of air quality on children and young people with asthma, with experiences shared by Dr Ian Sinha and Dr Abigail Whitehouse who have each set up and run clean air clinics in Liverpool and London. Search #AskAboutAsthma for more content about children and young people's asthma care.

In this #AskAboutAsthma episode, we hear from healthcare professionals working in children and young people's asthma, Senior Asthma Nurse at Kings College Hospital, Sara Latham is joined by Nina Somerville and Dr Niall Durrant. The panel talk about where we are SABA over-reliance, the issues around excessive SABA use, what is the new system, how did a hospital go about phasing it out and lessons l...

In today's #AskAboutAsthma podcast, Professor John Weinman and Dr Christina Pearce share training and research that can help healthcare professionals to address challenges with medication adherence. The training mentioned in this episode is available for Kings Health Partners professionals, other teams elsewhere in London who are interested in this module can contact the team at: CARE@kcl.ac.uk Se...

Today's #AskAboutAsthma podcast episode brings together an expert panel of young people - Aishah, Hebe, Maryam and Tiana, who share their thoughts on the rise of vaping among children and young people. The panel also pose questions about the short and long-term implications of vaping on young people's health, to Consultant Paediatrician, Seb Gray. While vaping can help smokers quit, it is not harm...

In this #AskAboutAsthma podcast episode, we hear from colleagues in the North West London Integrated Care System (NWL ICS), who are working to support children and young people with asthma in Feltham and Bedfont and improve their asthma care. The team are seeking to improve health outcomes and address factors including air pollution and deprivation. Listen to this podcast episode to see how NWL IC...

In this episode, Chelsea Tudhope and Meghan Mathieson speak with Milli and Mark Richards. Milli and Mark are parents to two daughters, Winnie and Ada and in this podcast they talk about their experience of navigating Milli’s postpartum depression from speaking about it together, finding help and Milli’s journey to recovery. They share some advice to parents, families and partners who may be going...

In this episode, Chelsea Tudhope and Meghan Mathieson speak with Honey Attridge, who shares the story of the birth of her daughter Sophie. The time she spent in the NICU and how Honey and her husband navigated both the physical and mental side of this journey. Honey shares some advice to parents who may be going through the same as well as how the experience affected her, the way she parents becau...

In this episode, Chelsea Tudhope and Meghan Mathieson speak with Laura Bridle, a Specialist Midwife working in a Maternal Mental Health service in London. We look at the role that Laura, as a specialist midwife plays in supporting women to get the right perinatal mental health support for their needs depending on the severity and complexity of their issues. Laura explains how the Maternal Mental H...

Understanding Personality Disorders 1. Telling my story by Transformation Partners in Health and Care

In a recent snapshot audit, we found that there is a lack of appropriate accommodation and support options, including intermediate care, for people experiencing homelessness in hospital. In this episode, our guests discuss the current landscape for inpatients who are homeless, the lack of available data for public health policy decisions, and the complex needs among this cohort of people in London...

Encouraging diversity in the breast screening workforce with Bola Eniola, Superintendent Radiographer with InHealth.

The breast screening career ladder with Leticia Adamah-Miles, Clinical Advisor to the London region and Deputy Superintendent at St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Opportunities for development at all levels with Julie Somers, Breast Imaging and Screening Manager and Improvement Coach – Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. This is part of a series of podcasts, to support recruitment into the breast screening workforce. We will be speaking to four senior leaders working for the London NHSBSP, who share their experiences, why they chose a career in breast sc...

Personality disorders have been called the most misunderstood mental health condition. They have a legacy of confusion and controversy around diagnosis, language, what it means and how it impacts individuals, and even what they should be called. A series of podcasts devised, produced and led by those with lived experience, to increase awareness and understanding of the conditions, and raise hope r...

Personality disorders have been called the most misunderstood mental health condition. They have a legacy of confusion and controversy around diagnosis, language, what it means and how it impacts individuals, and even what they should be called. A series of podcasts devised, produced and led by those with lived experience, to increase awareness and understanding of the conditions, and raise hope r...

In this #AskAboutAsthma podcast episode, Sammy Ndlovu-Dawika - Paediatric respiratory nurse at Royal Free London talks about all that's involved in setting up an asthma friendly schools initiative, including potential challenges and tips to overcome them along the way. See the London asthma guide for schools here: https://www.healthylondon.org/london-schools-guide-for-the-care-of-children-and-youn...