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Conversations  about Menopause are increasing but there are still lots of queries and misinformation.    Join Dr Sharma, Consultant Gynaecologist in the Southern Health and Social Care Trust, has he answers the questions you have about Menopause and HRT.

As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month Lauren, who is the Southern Health and Social Care Trust's Learning Disability Breast Screening Project Nurse, wants to raise awareness and support women with learning disabilities to access lifesaving screening. Lauren speaks with Nicky and Christine from the Breast Screening team, about the work they have done to support women by making simple reason...

Living with Post Covid Syndrome and other long term condition can pose a number of challenges. The Southern Health and Social Care Trust Occupational Health Vocational Rehab team, which is made up of a Specialist Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist and CBT Therapist, help staff members to improve their health, functional ability and provide guidance on how best to manage their condition within...

From chronic conditions like asthma, chronic obstruction pulmonary disease (COPD) to lung cancer, men face a unique set of respiratory health concerns.  In our latest podcast episode on SOUTHPOD in celebration of Men’s Health Week, June 12-June 18, Chris Barron and Elizabeth Sloan, our respiratory nurse specialists share vital information and expert insight to help understand their causes and effe...

Find out the latest developments in our Trust Board meeting. 

A new Long COVID vocational rehabilitation team comprising of Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist and Clinical Psychologist has been established to support staff who are at work or not yet back to work. Find out more by listening to our latest podcast.

In recognition of our  #PalliativeCare Focus, our community multidisciplinary specialist palliative care team - Linda Willis, specialist physiotherapist, Orlagh Cunningham, specialist speech and language therapist, Maria Tynan, Macmillan specialist dietitian, Diane Brownlee, Macmillan nurse specialist and Niall Gallagher, social worker specialist - talk about providing care for people with life li...

In recognition of our Palliative Care Week,  the acute palliative care team - consultant Sarah Cousins and clinical nurse specialists Donna Grier and Aine Feeney - discuss the difficult topic of what a good death looks like and the support they give to patients and families in hospital.   

Dr O'Kane explains some of the key issues that have just been discussed at our monthly October Trust Board meeting.

Our Chief Executive, Dr Maria O’Kane and Chair Eileen Mullan have met with political representatives to  ·         discuss key issues and developments and ·         respond to matters that are being raised with them by their constituents. Main areas discussed included busy Emergency Departments and broader pressures on hospital and community services.  Maria explained that political leaders can su...

As we approach a new season on our podcast channel, we speak to the Chief Executive of the Southern Trust, Dr Maria O'Kane. Dr O'Kane explains some of the key issues that have just been discussed at our monthly Trust Board meeting.

James Gilpin is a registered nurse and experienced ward manager. He is the Stroke Service Improvement Lead for the Southern Trust. James’ years of experience in the health service relates to bed management, medical, surgical and Intensive care environments.  He has built a reputation on having high standards, and so, supporting his teams to do what they do best; deliver safe and effective care. Jo...

R.I.T.A is becoming very famous around the Southern Trust.  On this podcast you will hear from Cailin McKearney QI Facilitator, Mairead McGahan Service Improvement Lead for Dementia and the Dementia Companions Elaine Level 4 Rehabilitation DHH and Karen 2 South Medical CAH who reflect on the R.I.T.A journey so far and the wonderful impact that is having on our patients. Discussed in this episode i...

Bronagh is a haemovigilance practitioner in the Southern Trust.  Bronagh comes with a wealth of experience in human factors and in her podcast she gives us an insight into how the blood transfusion team apply human factors approach when learning from incidents. Discussion in podcast includes: ·        The role of a  haemovigilance practitioner within blood transfusion team ·        How to investig...

Podcast: Introducing Sam Riley Sam Riley is the Deputy Director of Intensive Support in NHS England and NHS Improvement. Sam and her team are responsible for ‘Making Data Count’, a fantastic model of teaching and promoting the use of SPC charts to analyse and present information. Our first interaction with Sam and Making Data Count was in the Lough Neagh Discovery Centre when they hosted a worksho...

Business continuity affects all staff. Our staff are our most important resource in maintaining essential services. What would you do if there was a cyber-attack and your team lost access to all their IT systems and phones? Our Emergency planning team discuss the importance of having a business continuity plan.

Today we are delighted to have a podcast takeover by SoHope, who are a group of service users who work together to improve addiction services across the Southern Trust area. 

Service User Lara Sutton tells her story about how group therapy enabled her to recover & get her life back on track.

We discuss how this new initiative aims to reduce waiting times & improve services for people who need secondary care mental health support.

This week COVID-19 legal restrictions have been replaced by guidance for the public but within health and care settings, social distancing and other COVID safety measures must continue. In this episode our AD and IPC lead Trudy Reid chats to WHO Infection prevention and control experts Ana Paula Coutinho Rehse and Dr Nizam Damani about all things IPC from vaccines to variants. They also reflect on...