Deep Breath In - what's in store for general practice in the UK
This is a special episode of our podcast for GP's, Deep Breath In, where we tackle the everyday challenges of being a GP.
With the focus on covid, and the pressure on hospitals, it may be easy to overlook what’s happening in general practice in the UK - but changes are afoot. Our new health secretary Sajid Javid doesn’t seem to like our long standing GP practice arrangement, NHS England has imposed new weekend wo rking arrangements on the already stretched service, and the workforce pressures continue.
In this episode of Deep Breath In, our GP panel of Tom Nolan, Navjoyt Ladher, and Jenny Rasanathan are joined by Ga...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - April 30, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Deep Breath In - what ’s in store for general practice in the UK
This is a special episode of our podcast for GP's, Deep Breath In, where we tackle the everyday challenges of being a GP.
With the focus on covid, and the pressure on hospitals, it may be easy to overlook what’s happening in general practice in the UK - but changes are afoot. Our new health secretary Sajid Javid doesn’t seem to like our long standing GP practice arrangement, NHS England has imposed new weekend working arrangements on the already stretched service, and the workforce pressures continue.
In this episode of Deep Breath In, our GP panel of Tom Nolan, Navjoyt Ladher, and Jenny Rasanathan are joined by Gare...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - April 30, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Creativity and wellbeing
Paula Redmond, clinical psychologist who supports healthcare workers experiencing burnout and other difficulties related to their job. Before this, she worked for the NHS until she experienced bullying, and a lack of support from her organisation, which made her strike out on her own.
In this wellbeing podcast, she describes the way in which her experience of bullying affected her, and how she used the creative process to help her move on.
She and Cat Chatfield discuss what creativity actually is, and why small projects can be just as useful as big complex ones - depending up on what you need at the time.
Futher readi...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - April 22, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Creativity and wellbeing
Paula Redmond, clinical psychologist who supports healthcare workers experiencing burnout and other difficulties related to their job. Before this, she worked for the NHS until she experienced bullying, and a lack of support from her organisation, which made her strike out on her own.
In this wellbeing podcast, she describes the way in which her experience of bullying affected her, and how she used the creative process to help her move on.
She and Cat Chatfield discuss what creativity actually is, and why small projects can be just as useful as big complex ones - depending upon what you need at the time.
Futher reading...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - April 22, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Quality improvement and wellbeing are inextricably linked
Over the course of the last few years, the BMJ has published a series of articles in our Quality Improvement series - aiming to give those new to improvement science a good grasp of how to think about changing things in healthcare.
Then covid-19 came along, and it seemed like all of healthcare was now aimed at just surviving in the face of the pandemic, and all thoughts of quality improvement projects went out the window... But did they?
Cat Chatfield, is joined by Will Warburton, former director of quality improvement at t he Health Foundation, and advisor on the series.To read all of the open access articles mentioned...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - April 15, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Quality improvement and wellbeing are inextricably linked
Over the course of the last few years, the BMJ has published a series of articles in our Quality Improvement series - aiming to give those new to improvement science a good grasp of how to think about changing things in healthcare.
Then covid-19 came along, and it seemed like all of healthcare was now aimed at just surviving in the face of the pandemic, and all thoughts of quality improvement projects went out the window... But did they?
Cat Chatfield, is joined by Will Warburton, former director of quality improvement at the Health Foundation, and advisor on the series.
To read all of the open access articles mentioned...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - April 15, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Doctor Informed - Medicine's me too moments
In this episode we ’re going to be talking about misogyny in surgery, recent revelations about sexual harassment in the theatre have emerged - but these behaviours have been endemic for a while, even as the profession seemed to ignore them.
Joining Clara Munro is Baroness Helena Kenned, the author of a recent repor t into diversity in medicine, who, as a barrister, has long worked on discrimination cases.
The reports mentioned in the episode are from the Royal College of Surgeons;https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/about-the-rcs/about-our-mission/diversity-review-2021/ (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - April 4, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Doctor Informed - Medicine ’s me too moments
In this episode we’re going to be talking about misogyny in surgery, recent revelations about sexual harassment in the theatre have emerged - but these behaviours have been endemic for a while, even as the profession seemed to ignore them.
Joining Clara Munro is Baroness Helena Kenned, the author of a recent report into diversity in medicine, who, as a barrister, has long worked on discrimination cases.
The reports mentioned in the episode are from the Royal College of Surgeons;
https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/about-the-rcs/about-our-mission/diversity-review-2021/ (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - April 4, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Covid vaccine safety, Methenamine hippurate, and intersectionality
In this episode of Talk Evidence, Helen Macdonald, the BMJ ’s research integrity editor is joined by Joe Ross, US research editor, and Juan Franco, editor in chief of BMJEBM, to talk about all things evidence.
Joe gives us an update about covid, including new research on safety of the vaccine Association between covid-19 vaccination, SARS-CoV-2 infectio n, and risk of immune mediated neurological events
https://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj-2021-068373
Juan updates us on a potential new prophylactic for recurrent UTIs, Methenamine hippurate, which could be an alternative to antibiotics.
Alternative to prophylactic antibi...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 30, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Covid vaccine safety, Methenamine hippurate, and intersectionality
In this episode of Talk Evidence, Helen Macdonald, the BMJ’s research integrity editor is joined by Joe Ross, US research editor, and Juan Franco, editor in chief of BMJEBM, to talk about all things evidence.
Joe gives us an update about covid, including new research on safety of the vaccine Association between covid-19 vaccination, SARS-CoV-2 infection, and risk of immune mediated neurological events
https://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj-2021-068373
Juan updates us on a potential new prophylactic for recurrent UTIs, Methenamine hippurate, which could be an alternative to antibiotics.
Alternative to prophylactic antibiot...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 30, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Wellbeing - hot food on a night shift
The issue of food on nightshifts is a perennial grumble in the NHS, and though it might seem trivial, what does it say of an organisation if they demand their staff work when they're hungry, and what is the onward implication for that on patient care?To discuss all of these issues, we're joined by Neely Mozawala, a community specialist diabetes podiatrist, and Sahlia Saliha Mahmood-Ahmed, a gastroenterologist who have started the #24hrhotfoodfortheNHS campaign. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 24, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Wellbeing - hot food on a night shift
The issue of food on nightshifts is a perennial grumble in the NHS, and though it might seem trivial, what does it say of an organisation if they demand their staff work when they're hungry, and what is the onward implication for that on patient care?
To discuss all of these issues, we're joined by Neely Mozawala, a community specialist diabetes podiatrist, and Sahlia Saliha Mahmood-Ahmed, a gastroenterologist who have started the #24hrhotfoodfortheNHS campaign. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 24, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Everyone’s going to make a mistake
Medicine is complex, and as a doctor you won't always do the right thing - but you can prepare yourself for when mistakes happen, both emotionally and logistically.
In this episode of Doctor Informed, Clara Munro is joined by Susanna Stamford, a patient who was on the receiving end of a mistake, which catalysed her interest in patient safety. We're also joined by Anthea Martin, from Medical Protection, who dispels some myths about saying sorry. Ayisha Ashmore returns to the pod to digest the lessons from our experts.
Futher reading:
The video that Susanna mentioned is available to watch on youtubebitly.com/ManagingAdver...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 17, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Everyone ’s going to make a mistake
Medicine is complex, and as a doctor you won't always do the right thing - but you can prepare yourself for when mistakes happen, both emotionally and logistically.
In this episode of Doctor Informed, Clara Munro is joined by Susanna Stamford, a patient who was on the receiving end of a mistake, which catalysed her interest in patient safety. We're also joined by Anthea Martin, from Medical Protection, who dispels some myths about saying sorry. Ayisha Ashmore returns to the pod to digest the lessons from our experts.
Futher reading:
The video that Susanna mentioned is available to watch on youtube
bitly.com/ManagingAdver...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 17, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Solving retention to support workforce recovery
The covid-19 pandemic has stretched healthcare staff like never before. As part of the 2022 Nuffield Trust summit, The BMJ hosted a roundtable discussion looking at why workers leave the NHS and how staff wellbeing and retention can be improved.
Joining us to discuss are:
Kamran Abbasi, editor in chief, The BMJ
Billy Palmer, senior fellow, Nuffield Trust
Lucina Rolewicz, researcher, Nuffield Trust
Mark Britnell, global healthcare expert and senior partner, KPMG International
Neil Greenburg, consultant occupational and forensic psychiatris t, King's College London's centre for military health research
Rose Penfold, Nation...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 11, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
