Our People Podcast

It’s Military March which is the annual NHS campaign to celebrate reservists working in the NHS. To commemorate this on this week’s episode of Our People Podcast we spoke to Armed Forces Healthcare Lead, Tobi Oladipo and Workforce Development and Education Manager, Gemma Taylor. Tobi discusses how his role supports our veteran patients and how he links up with other local organisations to provide...

AI is a big buzz term in health and tech in the news at the moment - but we were well ahead of the trend with our own lifesaving studies. Our Trust is leading a research trial using Artificial Intelligence to spot what could become cancer during endoscopy checks on our patients. We, alongside eight other Trusts across the country, have taken part in COLO-DETECT, which helps flag up polyps which mi...

March 8th marks International Women’s Day. We met with our Executive Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development Kath Griffin and Equality Diversity and Inclusion Lead Phillipa Poole to discuss the day. This episode looks at our Menopause Pledge, which was marked one year ago today, and what we’re doing to help those facing period poverty. It also talks on how we’re helping all our...

In this week's episode we spoke to Workstream Lead for the Path to Excellence, Claire Skaife. In March 2020, Claire was 34 weeks pregnant when she contracted COVID-19. She was treated by her colleagues at Sunderland Royal Hospital as they saved her and her baby's life. Here she talks about her experience and how the Northern Neonatal Network helped her through this time. Claire discusses how that...

Welcome to Our People Podcast. We have been talking to our extraordinary staff from around the Trust, bringing OUR people to YOU!

On this week’s episode of Our People Podcast we spoke to Northern Neonatal Network Care Coordinator, Claire Campbell. Claire was the first Neonatal Care Coordinator in post in the UK. She discusses why there was a need for such a team and how it came about. Claire also talks about what the Northern Neonatal Network is and how it helps our patients.

In this episode, our host Harry Newhouse is joined by Pauline Henry and Wendy Myers. They work as Learning Disability Liaison Nurses with our Trust. Join them as they talk about how their roles help patients with learning disabilities, discuss what the Carer Passport is and other areas of their role.

In October STSFT hosted a conference all about Nursing and Midwifery Excellence. Nursing and Midwifery Excellence is the Trust's way of delivering the American Nursing Credentialing Center's (ANCC) Pathway to Excellence programme. The programme aims to promote excellence in practice and shared decision making across our nursing teams and is the only accredited programme of its kind in the world. O...

On this week’s episode of Our People Podcast we spoke to members from our Maternity team. Patient and Staff Experience Midwife, Joanna Wylie and Rotational Midwife, Stacey McFarlane talk about how our Antenatal Classes help and support parents-to-be with their new arrival.

On this week’s episode of Our People Podcast we spoke to members from our Sexual Health team. Community Specialist Health Improvement Practitioner, Dan Dobson and Clinical Team Manager, Julie Codling give a rundown of what services they offer as well as how they reach out to the community to help you learn about good sexual health.

Our People Podcast is back with Season Two! In the first episode we talk to our award-winning Alcohol Care Team (ACT). We were joined by Lead Alcohol Specialist Nurse, Roisin Burdis and ACT Practitioner, Carly Hall. They talk about the process our patients go through to access the service, the support patients get once they have been discharged and Carly talks about her own first-hand experience o...

Allison Thompson has had a packed career so far, leading businesses and supporting others as they fulfil their dreams to lead their own ventures. She already had a decade of NHS experience as non-executive director when she became our chair this April, having been our vice-chair before that. In this interview, recorded a little earlier this year, she talks about her experiences in her new role so...

On this week's episode of Our People Podcast we were joined by Urology Cancer Specialist Nurse, Gayle Adams as we talked about cancers that affect men. We discussed what sort of cancers men face, the process from being diagnosed with cancer and what the Trust has to offer those suffering with cancer.

On today's episode of Our People Podcast we were joined by Recruitment Services Manager, Vicky Bowmaker and Counter Fraud Specialist, Paul Bevan. We discuss the recruitment process we carry out here at the Trust and how we look at putting a stop to fraud.

On this week's episode of Our People Podcast we met up with Clinical Lead for Sunderland Integrated Musculoskeletal Service (SIMS) and Sports and Exercise Medicine Consultant, Dr Glen Rae and Physiotherapist Nia Woodhouse. We talked about what SIMS is and how it helps our patients as well as the launch of their new self-help tool Move With Me.

The NHS Staff Survey is underway and this year we are also using it as part one of our STSFT Team Talk tools. It will help us improve how we listen and communicate with each other. The national survey gives our staff the opportunity to share their views about working for the Trust and NHS. To talk about this important survey, we were joined by Organisational & Leadership Development Advisor, A...

In the run up to Talk Money Week here at the Trust, staff from Serve & Protect Credit Union joined us as they shared their tips on how to become financially resilient. Business Development Manager, Rob Lovesey and Marketing Manager, Chris Kerrigan also provided us with insight on what Serve & Protect Credit Union can do for our staff and how you can help look after your money during the co...

In the UK, October marks the beginning of Black History Month. In this episode we are joined by Vice Chair and Non-Executive Director, Ngozi Lyn Cole and Lead Chaplain, Reverend Remi Omole. We find out what Black History Month is and why we celebrate it.

During October thousands of people are attempting to quit smoking. On this episode of Our People Podcast we are joined by Elaine Jackson and Josie Onwuliri from our newly launched Tobacco Dependance Treatment Service as well as Occupational Health & Wellbeing Specialist Jodie Kendall. Elaine and Josie discuss what the new service does for any patients wanting to quit smoking whilst Jodie talks...

On this week's episode of Our People Podcast we met up with Specialist Bereavement Lead Midwife, Charlotte Mutton and Patient and Staff Experience Midwife, Joanna Wylie. We talked about our new bereavement service, Forever Cherished, and what it offers those that have suffered from the loss of a baby.

Throughout October and November, we're holding our big health and wellbeing team talk. As a Trust, we place a really high value on the wellbeing of our staff as well as our patients. Earlier this year we launched our workforce health and wellbeing hub, and we want to continue to share information and support our staff as best we can. To kick this off we spoke to Health Literacy Officer, Lorna Daws...

In this episode, we speak to Age Concern Tyneside South's Chief Officer Grahame Cassidy about what the service offers the residents of South Tyneside.

On this week's episode of Our People Podcast we met up with Medical Executive Director, Dr Shaz Wahid and Renal Medicine Consultant, Dr Sid Ahmed. We talked about the upcoming Organ Donation Week, breakthroughs within renal medicine and answered your FAQs. For more information on organ donation visit: https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/

On this week's episode of Our People Podcast we spoke to Sharon Quinn from Age UK Sunderland. We talked about how Age UK support people in our local communities, what support is available to older people and how you can access it.

In this episode, we meet Data Analyst Ruth Hall and Deputy Data Assurance Manager Vicky Carr, who work in our Performance and Information Services department. They explain how the teams ensure our information is recorded correctly and it can be used to drive our organisation forward.