PRSB Podcasts

PRSB hosted a live podcast in June 2023 about recording and sharing diabetes information.

Attendees heard from Iain Cranston, Consultant Physician in Diabetology and Endocrinology, who spoke about the current practices in recording and sharing diabetes data and the use of wearables in monitoring diabetes, including how the PRSB's Diabetes Record Information Standard can support data interpretation and reduce the burden of documentation.

Ojaih Willow, PRSB's People Lead who lives with type 2 diabetes shared her experiences and discussed how she hopes the standard will help her share her data more effectively and improve the self-management of people with diabetes in general. 

This recording of our LIVE podcast featured a vibrant discussion on the importance of human connection and personalised approach in providing care. 

Sarah Woolf, Movement Psychotherapist, talks about her own experience of how personalised care helped her recover from her illness, not only physically, but also emotionally and mentally. 

Apps and artificial intelligence are a rapidly developing part of healthcare. But as we develop new types of technology, it’s vital that we understand and incorporate the views of patients. 

In this podcast we speak to Emma Robertson, who has been living with metastatic breast cancer for five years. She believes apps and AI have the power to help people gain more control over their health, but that developers need to be aware of certain risks and understand the different needs of patients.

The information that is available about our genetics and the way it impacts care is increasing by the day. From treatments you are offered to what medications you take, the growing body of data has the potential to transform the future of care.

In this podcast we speak to mother of one, Annie Makoff-Clark, about her experiences being diagnosed with a rare genetic condition. She explains how learning about her condition changed her life, and how information should be shared with patients.

We’re joined by Ann Slee, Associate CCIO, Medicines at NHS England and Dr Afzal Chaudhry, CMIO at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust who will be putting the NHS Digital’s newly published medications guidance into action.

There are currently 237 million medication errors every year. While the safety risks are small for many patients, for others there are serious risks because of errors in prescribing, dispensing or monitoring medications. 

Patients may find they are having to repeat their medication information to different clinicians, and for those on several medications this can be confusing and stressful. When this information can be easily transferred between systems, it will lead to safer and better care. In this podcast we talk about the real benefits this will bring, and how it will impact both clinicians and patients.

Having conversations about end of life care can be hard. Once decisions have been made it’s vital that this information is recorded and shared in the right way so that a person can receive the care they want.

Campaigner and former carer Roberta Lovick joins the PRSB podcast with Compassion in Dying nurse Sarah Malik, to talk about their own experiences with end of life care. As well as discussing the difficulties of opening these conversations to begin with, they talk about the challenges of what happens when conversations don’t happen, or information isn’t communicated correctly.

Standards can only be beneficial if we put them into action. In this podcast, Dr Afzal Chaudhry from Cambridge University Hospital NHS Trust speaks to PRSB about the positive changes he has seen as a result of using standards, and offers his advice to other organisations.

When medical documents are properly and consistently named, they are easier to find, making care safer and more efficient for people. The PRSB's Lizzie Cernik speaks to Di Readman, a parent, and Professor Iain Carpenter about the ways in which our document naming standard can improve care, especially in emergencies.