GINcast: the Gastrointestinal Nursing Podcast

In the first episode of this educational IBD podcast series, Nick Kennedy, Consultant Gastroenterologist from Exeter and national expert on IBD and COVID, is joined by three guests: Cath Stanfield, Consultant Nurse at Northern Care Alliance, Manchester Royal, Kelly Allison CEO of a digital communications agency and an IBD patient, and Kay Greveson, Advanced Nurse Practitioner in IBD at the London IBD Clinic. Together, the panel discuss challenges they faced during the pandemic in the management of IBD, lessons learned from those challenges and how the pandemic has shaped IBD care. This is the third part of ‘More than guts’, a non-promotional podcast series on IBD organised and funded by Bristol Myers Squibb. 

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In this third episode of the series, Alissa Walsh, Consultant Gastroenterologist from Oxford, meets Gemma, a long-term IBD patient, and Lisa Critchley, an IBD Specialist Nurse based in Liverpool. Together, the group discuss the importance of open communication in IBD care, and the need to support patients’ emotional and mental wellbeing to empower better engagement with their own care. This is the third part of ‘More than guts’, a non-promotional podcast series on IBD organised and funded by Bristol Myers Squibb

Job code: IMM-GB-2300309; date of preparation: July 2023

In this second episode of ‘More than guts’, Consultant Gastroenterologist and IBD specialist Dr Philip Smith at the Royal Liverpool Hospital is joined by Karen Kemp, an IBD Consultant Nurse and Neil Gooding, who was one of the first children ever diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. Together, they discuss their experiences of long-term care for IBD within the NHS, challenges with achieving continuity of care and what’s needed now to effectively meet patient needs. This is the second part of ‘More than guts’, a non-promotional podcast series on IBD organised and funded by Bristol Myers Squibb

Job code: IMM-GB-2300308; date of preparation: July 2023

Adrian Jugdoyal, Senior Lecturer, University of Middlesex, speaks with Kate Jack, Advanced Virology Nurse Specialist, Nottingham University Trust, about the hepatitis C virus (HCV). They discuss the history of HCV, including its links to health inequalities and advances in how it is treated. The conversation also cover progress toward elimination of HCV as a major threat, with a focus on Kate’s work on the uptake of HCV testing among people in prison.

The ways in which language affects how stoma care nurses interact with patients and colleagues is the subject of a conversation between Jennie Burch (St Mark’s Hospital, London), Anna Boyles (King’s College Hospital, London), Carolyn Swash (Hollister) and Benjamin Wakefield (Stomatips and Gastrointestinal Nursing), first broadcast at the 8th National Gastrointestinal Nursing Conference 2021.

Pancreatitis, a condition characterised by inflammation of the pancreas, is explored from the perspectives of both the people living with this condition and the nurses and charities who are there to support them. Stacey Munnelly and Alex Gaskell, Advanced Nurse Practitioners at Manchester University, discuss the pathology, presentation and management of pancreatitis. Jenny Holdsworth of Guts UK explains how the charity supports people with digestive disorders and interviews patients Ray Snow and Rob MacKenzie about their experiences of living with pancreatitis.

Sheila King speaks with Aine McCooey, Oonagh Staunton and Angela Mullen, clinical nurse specialists at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, specialising in GI cancers and inflammatory bowel disease, about their experiences of delivering care to patients and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic

Gerri Mortimore, Senior Lecturer at the University of Derby, discusses genetic haemochromatosis, or iron overload disorder, covering its prevalence and symptoms, as well as how it can be diagnosed and treated.

The final two sessions of an online symposium, ‘Innovations and transformations in nursing practice’, arranged by St Mark’s Hospital, a tertiary bowel centre in London. These sessions were originally broadcast on Friday, the 20th of November 2020, as part of St Mark’s 18th Annual International Congress, ‘Frontiers in colorectal and gastrointestinal disease: difficult decisions in GI disease’. In these sessions, Sam Evans and Danilo Miskovic introduce the ‘Robotic nurse – an example of role transformation’, and then Lisa Younge, Tracey Tyrrell and Jackie Glatter consider the ‘Importance of harnessing patient involvement and self-assessment in service delivery’

Adrian Jugdoyal, Director of Programmes for Health and Education at the University of Middlesex, leads a discussion about alcohol, drugs and liver disease. Adrian is joined by Mark Holmes, Nottingham-based Psychiatric Nurse and Addiction Specialist, and Julian Coxon, Head of Clinical Services for Delphi Medical in Blackpool.