NICE Talks

What is a healthy diet during pregnancy and how can we make sure our newborns have the best start in life? To find out we speak to Judith Jones who worked on our maternal and child nutrition quality standard and Orla Hugueniot, who is a senior campaign nutritionist at Public Health England.

You can find our guidance here:

- Maternal and child nutrition quality standard: https://bit.ly/1KVtYu2

- Maternal and child nutrition public health guideline: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ph11

Sunshine helps us give that much needed vitamin D, however, too much exposure can cause sunburn and even certain skin cancers such as melanoma.

How do we prevent melanoma? How do we recognise the symptoms? We speak to Dr Juber Hafiji, a consultant dermatologist and spokesperson for the British Skin foundation to learn more.

We also hear from Professor Julia Newton-Bishop, who is a clinician scientist leading the Melanoma Research Group at the University of Leeds and Richard Jackson who was successfully treated for malignant melanoma in 2006. They both worked with us on the NICE melanoma guideline: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng14

What can we do in our community to help reduce air pollution? Does walking or cycling to school help? We speak to Dr Karen Exley from Public Health England and Joe Lindsay and Andy Cope from Sustrans to find out.

For more information check out our guidance:

- Air pollution: outdoor air quality and health

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng70

- Physical activity and the environment

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng90

How can we effectively manage the symptoms of asthma? We speak to Professor Andrew Menzies-Gow, consultant respiratory physician at the Royal Brompton Hospital to find out. We also hear from Dr Alistair Duff, consultant clinical psychologist at Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, who explains his role in helping patients manage their asthma-related anxiety. For more information check out our guideline: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng80

Food allergies are increasing and can be difficult to diagnose. We speak to Michelle Berriedale-Johnson, founder of Foods Matter and FreeFrom awards, Mandy East, Parliamentary Officer for the National Allergy Strategy Group and what life is like for Ruth living in fear of a fatal allergic reaction.

NICE Food allergy guidance: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg116

What are the most effective forms of contraception? Maya shares her experience of choosing contraception and Dr Hoffbrand, GP from North London, talks about giving women accurate information. Dr Asha Kasliwal, president of the FSRH, explains why long-acting reversible contraception is cost-effective for the NHS.

What is chronic heart failure and how can it be managed? Nick from heart failure charity Pumping Marvellous run us through how the condition affects thousands of people in the UK and Dr Clare Taylor explains NICE’s most recent recommendations on the topic. NICE guidance: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng106

We all know it can be hard to keep physically active at work, so how can our employers help? We chat to Laura Thomas, a workplace wellbeing specialist from Step Jockey and Dr Michael Brannan, National Lead for Physical Activity at Public Health England. We will put NICE in the hot seat and find out what we do to encourage physical activity in our very own offices…

Physical activity in the workplace NICE guideline: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ph13

Loneliness can have a substantial effect on a person’s health and wellbeing. In this episode we chat to Neil McCarthy from not-for-profit organisation Octavia and Gill Roberts about schemes that help people who are lonely. Val talks about her personal experiences living in an Octavia extra care scheme. Kate Terroni, Oxfordshire Council’s Adult Social Care Director talks about how amazon echos can reduce social isolation and we hear from Alive Activities about older people in care. Read the NICE guidance 'Older people: independence and mental wellbeing' here: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng32

In this episode, we chat to Dr Tessa Lewis, Chair of the NICE Antimicrobial Prescribing Guidance committee and John Morris who is a lay expert. Diane Ashiru-Oredope from PHE explains why antimicrobial resistance is so important and how pharmacists can help.

For more information visit: https://www.nice.org.uk/about/what-we-do/our-programmes/nice-guidance/antimicrobial-prescribing-guidelines