Today's #AskAboutAsthma podcast explores how an ICS-wide asthma guideline was developed across north west London. This work brought together five acute trusts to deliver a shared asthma acute management plan and help reduce variation in the way that children presenting with acute asthma are managed in different settings.

Speakers:

Dr Stephen Goldring, Consultant Paediatrician and Director of Clinical Studies -The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Alison Summerfield, Nurse Consultant, Paediatric Respiratory & Allergy - The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust

Zainab Awan, Consultant Paediatrician and Asthma lead - Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Idan Budoka - Paediatric registrar

For more #AskAboutAsthma content, visit: www.healthylondon.org/ask-about-asthma

In today's #AskAboutAsthma podcast, Raj Matharu, Darush Attar-Zadeh and Sukeshi Makhecha discuss the latest updates within pharmacy and its role in asthma care for patients, within the community and across primary and secondary care.

The panel cover a range of topics including the National Bundle of Care, training requirements, the New Medicines Service, Discharge Medicines Service, and how pharmacists across the system can help keep asthma patients safe.

Speakers:

Raj Matharu is a Community Pharmacy Contractor in Bromley and Chair of Pharmacy London.

Darush Attar-Zadeh is a Respiratory Pharmacist and part of the children and young people's network in northwest London

Sukeshi Makhecha is a Paediatric Raspatory Pharmacist at the Royal Brompton and Evelina London hospitals.

And for more #AskAboutAsthma content, visit: www.healthylondon.org/ask-about-asthma

In today's #AskAboutAsthma podcast, Nicki Barker and Moira Gibbons tell us all about Moving on Asthma – a resource for young people living with asthma, developed by the Respiratory Research Team at Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

Check out the Moving on Asthma website at: https://movingonasthma.org.uk

And for more #AskAboutAsthma content, visit: www.healthylondon.org/ask-about-asthma

You can also listen to the full asthma rap here: https://youtu.be/yCJuIvD1b5o

In the first of our podcast series, we hear from four different people and listen to their story of living with a personality disorder. We talk through their experiences of first discovering their condition, as well as the challenges, hopes, and fears of living with their condition.

To find out more about personality disorders, visit: https://www.healthylondon.org/personality-disorders/

WARNING: THIS PODCAST CONTAINS CONTENT RELATING TO SUICIDE THAT SOME LISTENERS MAY FIND DISTRESSING.

This episode discusses hospital discharge, housing and the challenges around supporting people experiencing or are at risk of homelessness.

JJ Nadicksbernd, Programme Manager for Healthy London Partnership’s Homeless Health out-of-hospital workstream is joined by housing consultant Tim Grey and care navigator David Woodley from Groundswell homeless health charity to talk through the gaps and barriers but it also highlights some examples of facilitators and when things have gone well.

Resources:

Groundswell: https://groundswell.org.uk/

Find out more about the London hospital discharge housing options directory here: https://www.healthylondon.org/resource/discharge-of-homeless-hospital-patients/

Eating Disorders - What Family, Friends And Professionals Can Do by Transformation Partners in Health and Care

This podcast episode was recorded for Eating Disorders awareness day 2022. A panel of experts including GPs and lived experience practitioners discuss variation in eating disorders service provision for binge eating disorder. The panel also discussed how cultural sensitivity and considerations for patients with dual diagnosis should also be factored in when approaching care and support for patients presenting and/or with diagnosis with binge eating disorder.

Trigger warning: if you need any support while listening to this episode, please visit the Beat website: www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk or speak to your GP.

This episode has been recorded for Eating Disorders 2022 awareness week. Healthy London Partnership’s Mental Health Transformation and Children and Young People’s Mental Health teams have planned a week of activities to raise awareness around the symptoms, conditions and lived experiences and recovery journeys of people with eating disorders. Visit our ED2022 webpage to see the full schedule: www.healthylondon.org/ed2022/

In this short homeless health episode, JJ Nadicksbernd, Programme Manager from HLP’s Homeless Health Out of Hospital Project and Dr Caroline Shulman, Co-Clinical Lead in the Homeless Health Programme, talk about the health impacts of homelessness and why an enhanced response is so needed. They also highlight what a rapid survey with hospital discharge teams tells us about the current health needs of this population in London. Find the report at: https://www.healthylondon.org/resource/discharge-of-homeless-hospital-patients/

Today’s #ED2022 podcast episode featuring Lived Experience Practitioners Charlotte and Anny share thought-provoking conversations about eating disorders and ethnicity. They discuss societal preconceptions around eating disorders and how a person’s ethnicity may impact their journeys through diagnosis, experiences as a service user, personal acceptance and understanding, and recovery journey from an eating disorder.

Trigger warning: if you need any support while listening to this episode, please visit the Beat website: www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk or speak to your GP.

This episode has been recorded for Eating Disorders 2022 awareness week. Healthy London Partnership’s Mental Health Transformation and Children and Young People’s Mental Health teams have planned a week of activities to raise awareness around the symptoms, conditions and lived experiences and recovery journeys of people with eating disorders. Visit our ED2022 webpage to see the full schedule: https://www.healthylondon.org/ed2022/

In this episode, we discuss whether homelessness is a health or housing crisis and in turn, where does the responsibility for preventing homelessness lie? Joining the conversation are Sarah Hough – Research Project Worker from homelessness support organisation Groundswell, Gill Leng – Health and Homeless Advisor from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities and Liza Collins – Homeless Health Deputy Programme Director at the Healthy London Partnership.

Resources:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homelessness-applying-all-our-health/homelessness-applying-all-our-health

https://groundswell.org.uk

https://groundswell.org.uk/?team=sarah-hough#

https://www.crisis.org.uk/ending-homelessness/about-homelessness/

https://www.healthylondon.org/our-work/homeless-health/duty-to-refer/