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Discussion around how Health Education England support Allied Health Professionals and their growth.
Jo McNamara and Naman Julka-Anderson catch up with Beverley Harden as part of the Education and Workforce Development Series (Part 8).

To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points: 

1) Consider how you could utilise the HEE educational and training resources to develop your own practice. 

2) Reflect upon your own career pathway and future career aspirations. You may find using the ‘review and career conversation framework’ helpful? https://www.leadershipacademy.nhs.uk/toolkit/identifying-managing-and-retaining-talent/review-and-career-conversations/ 

Complete this form for your accredited CPD certificate : https://bit.ly/3GbtR1X.

Links from podcast:

Return to practice - https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/return-practice

HEE website - https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work

HEE education and training resources - https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/population-health/training-educational-resources

HEE Advanced Practice - https://advanced-practice.hee.nhs.uk/

Review and career conversation framework - https://www.leadershipacademy.nhs.uk/toolkit/identifying-managing-and-retaining-talent/review-and-career-conversations/

Leadership programmes - https://www.leadershipacademy.nhs.uk/programmes/

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Discussion around the transition from student therapeutic radiographer to qualified member of staff.
Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up with Charli Parvin as part of the Education and Workforce Development series (Part 7).

To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points: 

1) Reflect on how you would support a student in your department apply for jobs, help with their personal statement and interview prep?

2) Reflect on how you would support a student who disclosed that they were struggling with their mental health? 

3) Reflect upon your departmental preceptorship programme and how new graduates are integrated into the department. 

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Links from podcast:

https://www.mind.org.uk/

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Discussion about Macmillan Cancer Support and being a CEO.
Jo McNamara and Naman Julka-Anderson catch up with Lynda Thomas as part of the Leadership series (Part 7).

To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points: 

1) what are the benefits of flexible working?

2) what other allied health professionals (AHPs) are involved in the cancer pathway for your department? What are the benefits and limitations of different AHP roles helping cancer patients?

3) what is your department doing to be more inclusive? 

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Links from podcast:

https://www.macmillan.org.uk/ 

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Discussion around how Allied Health Professionals can support cancer patients, prehabillitation and rehabilitation.
Jo McNamara and Naman Julka-Anderson catch up with June Davis as part of the Education and Workforce Development series (Part 6).

To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points: 

1) Reflect upon your role within the MDT and how you may link with oncology specific AHP’s to improve patient pathways. 

2) Undertake one or more of the PRosPer e-learning modules to develop your knowledge of prehab, rehab and personalised care https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/prosper/. 

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Links from podcast:

PRosPer e-learning resources - https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/prosper/

AHP Workforce Report - https://www.macmillan.org.uk/_images/allied-health-professional-workforce-report_tcm9-344100.pdf

Allied Health Solutions - https://www.alliedhealthsolutions.co.uk/

HEE AHP workforce - https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/allied-health-professions/enable-workforce

AHP Leaders - https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/nhsi-developing-ahp-leaders-print.pdf

Macmillan Professionals - https://www.macmillan.org.uk/healthcare-professionals/macmillan-professionals

Therapeutic Radiographer Video for Macmillan - https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/treatment/types-of-treatment/radiotherapy/your-radiotherapy-team

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We're still getting used to our new microphones so apologise for some feedback sound towards the end of the podcast when we're having a giggle!
Discussion around the charity Trekstock and support it offers.
Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up with Jemima Reynolds as part of the Living With and Beyond Cancer series (Part 5).

To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points: 

1) How do you support younger patients within your department? Are you aware of local services, or charities that you may be able to refer patients to? 

2) Reflect upon the opportunities you may have to initiate conversations with patients about exercise and nutrition?

3) Reflect upon your practice and how you initiate conversations with patients around their holistic care needs. Are there areas of your practice you need to develop? 

Complete this form for your accredited certificate: https://bit.ly/3GbtR1X.

Links from podcast:

Trekstock Charity - https://www.trekstock.com/
Why - https://www.trekstock.com/what-we-do

Need to improve your knowledge around prehabilitation, rehabilitation, exercise, nutrition and sexual health? Consider doing these modules - https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/prosper/

Nutrition - https://thefoodmedic.co.uk/

Food and cancer booklet - https://www.trekstock.com/foodandcancer

Sex drive and cancer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iyi0swgTi3E&list=PLIMZ3Ynf93cNhrcHpHWrxyUOWVUeJVCMI

Exercising with bone metastasis - https://ascopubs.org/doi/pdf/10.1200/OP.21.00454
Trekstock and AHPs along with links to their RENEW programme: https://www.trekstock.com/healthcare-professional-information

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We apologise for some of the sound towards the end of this episode as we experienced internet connectivity problems.
Discussion around Cancer Biology.
Jo McNamara and Naman Julka-Anderson catch up with Dr. Sarah Hayward-Small as part of the Education and Workforce Development series (Part 5).

To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points: 

1) What is mesothelioma? What are the risks and causes?

2) As a health professional, how can you improve the cancer diagnostic experience?

3) What are the pros and cons of cancer screening programmes?

Complete this form for your accredited digital badge: https://bit.ly/3GbtR1X.

Links from podcast:

Support and Mesothelioma Diagnosis: https://www.blf.org.uk/support-for-you/mesothelioma/diagnosis and

https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/mesothelioma/diagnosis

Mesothelioma patient stories: https://www.mesothelioma.uk.com/patient-stories/

Communication of a mesothelioma diagnosis: developing recommendations to improve the patient experience: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31179006/

Pros and cons of screening: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00841-8

Novel clinical imaging tools to detect asbestos fibres in malignant mesothelioma:

https://analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/rcm.8906

Headspace analysis of mesothelioma differentiates between different types of mesothelioma:

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1752-7163/abaaff/meta

Needles in haystacks: Identifying asbestos fibres in mesothelioma models: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2020/ja/d0ja00268b

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**Trigger Warning**
Discussion around breast cancer within the South East Asian Community.
Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up with Iyna Butt as part of the Living With and Beyond Cancer series (Part 4).

To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points: 

1) Consider your own practice, reflecting on how you support patients with a variety of cultural, religious and spiritual needs. 

2) Investigate if you have any local support groups and how you could advertise these to patients.

3) Reflect specifically on the advice you give patients and how this can be personalised. 

Complete this form for your accredited CPD certificate: https://bit.ly/3GbtR1X.

Links from podcast:

https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/publications/health-people-ethnic-minority-groups-england

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This episode is a Christmas Special to round up all the podcasts we have done over the past 3 months. We would like to dedicate this episode to all those affected by cancer, those staff working over the festive period and particularly those of you still having to undergoing treatment (not even cancer takes time off for Christmas). We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 

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