Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS FT

Uncertainty in Practice: Insights for Health & Care Practitioners

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A three-part podcast series exploring how health and care professionals can recognise, manage and communicate uncertainty in person-centred and compassionate ways. Featuring voices from across healthcare, community services and care settings, the series shares practical insights and real-world experiences of supporting people living with frailty, serious illness and end-of-life uncertainty. Through discussions on advance care planning, personalised care, advocacy, communication techniques and collaborative working, contributors explore how professionals can help individuals, families and carer...

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Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS FT

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Communicating Uncertainty 09.06.2026 46:46

 Sensitivity Warning: this podcast explores a number of topics related to frailty, death and dying.   This podcast explores how clinicians and care professionals can have meaningful, compassionate conversations with people living with uncertainty, while keeping decisions anchored in what matters most to the individual. You will hear practical approaches to proactively introducing Advance...

Managing Uncertainty 09.06.2026 44:27

Sensitivity Warning: this podcast explores a number of topics related to frailty, death and dying.   In this episode, the speakers discuss the importance of clear communication when managing the expectations of patients, families and their carers in an uncertain situation. The speakers also cover personalised care, including advance care planning, the power of language and consider the person...

Identifying Uncertainty 09.06.2026 48:29

Sensitivity warning: this podcast discusses topics relating to end of life, death and dying.   In this episode, the speakers discuss the challenges around identifying uncertainty in different settings, the benefits it can bring and the tools available to support identifying uncertainty. The speakers also explore advocacy, personalised care, holding advance care planning conversations, as well...