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Public Health

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Low life expectancy in Glasgow, and what to do about it.
The Health Foundation; 2021.
[In this podcast Chief Executive Dr Jennifer Dixon, Dr David Walsh is Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow and Sir Harry Burns is the Professor of Global Public Health explore: What is fraying health to this degree in Glasgow? What is being done to help? And what can we all learn from Glasgow’s longstanding efforts to try to mend the health fabric, as we all attempt to build back better after the pandemic?]

Flu vaccination in schools.
Public Health England (PHE); 2021.
[This guidance has been produced to assist all school staff and headteachers with any questions about annual flu vaccination programme for 2021 to 2022. 28 July 2021: Updated the reason for extending the programme in secondary schools section.]

Associations between smoke-free vehicle legislation and childhood admissions to hospital for asthma in Scotland: an interrupted time-series analysis of whole-population data.
The Lancet Public Health; 2021.
[Although legislation banning smoking in vehicles did not affect hospital admissions for severe asthma among children overall or in the older age group, this legislation was associated with a reduction in severe asthma exacerbations requiring hospital admission among preschool children, over and above the underlying trend and previous interventions designed to reduce exposure to second-hand smoke.]

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‘If you’re not counted, you don’t count’: what can be done to tackle LGBTQ+ health inequalities?

Source: The King’s Fund

People who identify as LGBTQ+ experience disproportionately worse health outcomes and have poorer experiences when accessing health services. Three years on from the Government’s LGBT action plan, Helen McKenna sat down with Dr Michael Brady, National Advisor for LGBT Health at NHS England, and Michelle Ross, Co-Founder and Director of Holistic Wellbeing services at cliniQ to explore the health inequalities LGBTQ+ people face and what needs to happen to make sure health services are inclusive.

Listen to the podcast here.

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Why do we address social isolation?

Source: Ambition for Ageing

There has been a shift in recent years towards looking at social isolation and loneliness as an area of policy. In this podcast guests Paul McGarry and Kate Jopling talk about the move from deficit-based models where we link ageing purely to health and social care to looking at assets and supporting older people to continue being active within their communities.

Topics covered include the impact of cuts and population changes on how we age, why the difference between loneliness and social isolation is important and how understanding the difference between the two can shape how we support people. This episode also features short discussions with Ageing Better partners Vic Stirling from Sheffield, Stephen Raybold from Birmingham and Corinna Hyman from Camden.

Listen to the podcast here.

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Marsha McAdam

Source: Centre for Mental Health

Marsha McAdam, mental health ambassador, speaks to Thea Joshi about being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. She talks about using her experience of mental health difficulties to create meaningful changes in services, and how those of us living with mental health difficulties can ‘bring our whole selves’ to work.

Read more and listen to the podcast here.

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What is the role of the NHS in tackling health inequalities?

Source: The King’s Fund

What is the role of the NHS in tackling health inequalities? | The King’s Fund

Helen McKenna talks with Dr Bola Owolabi, Director of Health Inequalities at NHS England and NHS Improvement, about the NHS’s spheres of influence, the power of gathering around a common cause, and whether the experience of the pandemic will lead to a step change in tackling health inequalities.

Listen to the podcast here.

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The rise of virtual healthcare – Med-Tech Innovation – Latest news for the medical device industry

Med-Tech Innovation editor Ian Bolland is joined by Dag Larsson from digital health company Doccla to discuss virtual wards, remote patient monitoring and whether this technology will really stick following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Listen to the podcast here.

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The health care of tomorrow? International learning on community, technology, and avoiding digital exclusion

Source: The King’s Fund

Anna Charles talks with Dr Steven Tierney from Southcentral Foundation in Anchorage, Alaska, and Dr Henry Chung from Montefiore in New York, to explore how their health systems have transformed to better support local communities, and how to address digital exclusion in an increasingly digital world.

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The NHS Staff Survey; working through Covid and beyond

Helen McKenna sits down with Suzie Bailey, Director of Leadership and Organisational Development at The King’s Fund and Professor Michael West to explore the results of the 2020 NHS Staff Survey and discuss how the NHS can create an inclusive, compassionate, and supportive working environment for staff.

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Sleeping rough during Covid-19 and beyond: a public health emergency?

Source: The King’s Fund

What can the NHS do to meet the health needs of people sleeping rough? What was the inside story of the Everyone In initiative during Covid-19? And will the government end rough sleeping by 2024? Helen McKenna sits down with Dame Louise Casey, recent Chair of the Prime Minister’s Rough Sleeping Taskforce, Dr Caroline Shulman, a GP working in inclusion health, and Paul Atherton (FRSA), who shares his lived experience of homelessness.

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Can the NHS be a truly flexible workplace?

‘How is it possible for a newly qualified nurse to work flexibly? How is it possible for a junior doctor to work flexibly? That was the thinking behind Flex NHS.’ In the latest episode of The King’s Fund podcast, they sit down with Kate Jarman, Director of Communications and Corporate Affairs at Milton Keynes University Hospital and co-founder of Flex NHS to discuss what working flexibly means in practice, communicating during Covid-19 and activism in the health service.

King’s Fund Podcast – a flexible NHS

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