London Health Podcast

Welcome back to episode 2 of the Honest Conversations about Homeless Health podcast series. In this episode Dr Binta Sultan from the UCLH Find&Treat team joins HLP’s Homeless Health Deputy Director, Liza Collins, and Communications Officer, Elisha Jadav, to share her insights on inclusion health and outreach work with clients who are experiencing homelessness. We also talk about labelling and the...

In the latest Good Thinking Podcast we talk to Mhairi, Head of Student Voice and Diversity at The Student Room, describing the actual, lived-experiences of students over the pandemic, and unexpected issues that we need to respond to, to help them secure a better future.

Good Thinking talks to Co-Founder of the Apart of Me App, Louis Weinstock about why he developed an App that supports bereaved Young People. From his work in hospices, helping children who were losing a family member, Louis recognised that digital technology could reach and support many more young people than one counsellor alone could, and perhaps, surprisingly, guide them through their grief wit...

Join us as we talk to an experienced clinical psychologist Dr Nihara Krause, Founder and CEO of Stem4 a teenage mental health charity. We discuss Clear Fear, Calm Harm, Move Mood and Combined Minds; apps created by Stem4 to help young people manage their mental health and the difficulties they face.

COVID-19 has thrown into sharp focus how digital inequality was an additional burden for some during lockdown, increasing anxieties and loneliness But is the answer to get everyone online? Professor Ellen Helsper, Professor of Digital Inequalities at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and author of “The Digital Disconnect: The Social Causes and Consequences of Digital Inequaliti...

Listen is to the latest Good Thinking Podcast with Andrew describing powerfully the life of someone in the LGBTQ+ community, and how, if we can listen to how life is for them, we can develop better services to support them.

The Homeless Health podcast series returns to help debunk some myths about homelessness and homeless health through minimal jargon and honest conversations. This series is open to all: for health and care workers who don’t always work with people experiencing homelessness, individuals and teams providing homelessness support, and for anyone else out there who wants to learn a bit more about homele...

When sport is your life, losing a game or race is tough. The Feeling Good App is based on how Olympics Sports Coaches helps sports people get back in the game/race and it can help everyone boost their mood, resilience and confidence.

Can a focus on nature boost your mental health? There is research to show that accessing nature, in many different ways can improve your physical and mental health. Even by watching a wildlife webcam! Emma Tolley shares many insights on how a deeper connection with nature, like our connection with each other, is just what you need.

When you struggle with your mental health, the journey to feeling better is much shorter when you can speak to someone who really knows your world. Maaria Mahmood and Hadil Nour from the Muslim Youth Helpline share how they are providing confidential faith and culturally-sensitive support. By understanding the issues that young (and older) Muslims face today, they are helping to shorten the journe...

COVID-19 has had a devastating impact in the vibrant, richly diverse London Borough of Brent. Yet historical barriers to accessing mental health services still prevent some of those in need from engaging with the support available. Yolanda Agyemang-Baah, Brent’s Health and Wellbeing Community Connector, and Joshua Munn, High Intensity CBT Therapist at Brent Talking Therapies Service, discuss how t...

Many people struggling with their finances feel ashamed, even when the reasons for that situation are not in their control. Shame can be a powerful obstacle to reaching out for support. In this podcast. Mathew Radbourne, Senior Debt Advisor and Rachel Gregory, Senior Policy Manager at Christians Against Poverty share how much support is available, if you can fight the feelings of shame, and talk t...

When you are struggling with debt it is overwhelming; every letter fills you with dread. But you can turn that around. In this podcast Jon Taylor, Debt Centre Manager at Christians Against Poverty, and his client Sadie share how, with support Sadie overcame her debt problems, and can now enjoy life again.

In this episode, we listen in to how community action can connect loneliness and social isolation. By creating stronger communities we can bring people together and encourage everyday people to make positive change where they live. Being passionate about communities, and reducing loneliness is only one part of Tracey’s focus on what it takes to make things happen in communities

Today living with anxiety is hardly easy, people of all ages, gender and nationalities experience stress of some kind, and it seems the world moves at a faster pace. In this episode we listen in to how tomo combines the positives of social media with behavioural activation, to strengthen and give people control over their mental and physical health.

Celebrating the influence of general practice nursing in 2020 and planning for the future by Transformation Partners in Health and Care

In this powerful podcast, our clinical director, psychiatrist Dr Richard Graham is in deep discussion with Alex Holmes, founder of Anti Bullying Ambassadors programme and Deputy CEO of The Diana Award and British BAFTA award-winning actor Will Poulter on the latest thinking on bullying behaviour. In this episode, they discuss how we need to keep breaking down the barriers that stop us recognising...

Imagine a world in which even cartoons for children tell boys they can’t feel upset; they must be super heroes. That is our world. Antonio Ferreira shares with Good Thinking, during Movember, how hard it can be for men to connect with what they truly feel, and how that can take you to the edge. But if you can connect with yourself, there is a new strength to be found, and one that goes beyond that...

In this edition of The Power of Practice Nursing, we look at insights and learnings on the impacts of risk assessments in primary care; the disparity faced by some minority groups and what it takes to ensure staff remain safe to provide patient care on the front line. London. RaceStrategy@nhs.net

Guidance for Clinical Directors - Completing Workforce Planning Templates - Oct 2020 Deadline by Transformation Partners in Health and Care

In this podcast, we look at the challenges facing practices in recruiting general practice nurses and strengthening the pipeline through mentoring, training and leadership. The discussion also explores the area of transitioning newly qualified nurses into general practice roles

In the latest in Healthy London Partnership's series on the power of general practice nursing in London, GPN Rachel Hodgkinson talks to HLP's Jonathan Sampson about the challenges on running successful newborn vaccinations during Covid-19 - from being unable to register births to scepticism in some areas to vaccines - and the dynamic solutions she and her peers have put in place to meet the challe...

Oliver Anglin and Bipin Patel discuss how pharmacists are a vital element of the community care team looking after children and young people with asthma, what they can do to support the care of their young patients and the benefits of better integration of pharmacy with the wider healthcare system.

Ask the experts: Dr Oliver Anglin, Emily Guilmant-Farry and Rahul Chodhari Find out what asthma actually is, what an asthma plan looks like and why they’re so important, what to expect from a hospital visit to see a consultant, why spacer size matters, tips on how to remember to take asthma medication, changes to the home environment that can improve CYP asthma, and the impact of school Covid-19 c...

Learning from asthma deaths: GP Mark Levy Mark Levy, expert witness at a number of coroners inquiries into childhood asthma deaths and chair of the 2014 National Review of Asthma Deaths, discusses what we have learned – or failed to learn – from these heart-breaking cases and how the system needs to change to reduce their occurrence in the future.