This episode covers gymnastics, new hips and babies. Hannah goes from life as a trainee midwife at Salisbury to annoying mother-to-be and now a Divisional Director of Operations – but is she now a manager or still a midwife at heart? Helen takes us on a journey from disappointment through biosciences, the Science Museum, and not quite knowing how to describe her jobs to her current role as a senior improvement practitioner.

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Welcome back to The Cake. In this new series we will be exploring why we do the jobs we do, what motivates us and how our work life choices are influenced by many factors, both planned and unplanned. In this first episode we introduce our new co-host Ian Crowley and talk with hospital Chaplain Adrian Burholt and Macmillan Primary Cancer Care Facilitator Nurse Rhonda Williams. Rhonda describes her life in South Africa and what motivates her in her work while Adrian takes us on a journey from tech entrepreneur to hospital chaplain and charity founder.

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In this episode Jayne is joined by guest host Kate Jenkins and guests Vicki Horrell and George Goodrick-Meak to discuss love.  They reminisce about meeting their partners, explore what loves mean and ponder on how to keep love alive.

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In this episode Lydia and Cathy discuss the impact of the menopause on themselves, their families and work colleagues.

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In this episode, Dave Broughton discusses how he moved from a management career to being a hospital porter. The episode explores societal prejudice, domestic management and a little rugby.

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This episode is a rollercoaster of emotions as Jenny Stagg and Louise Arnett discuss the highs and lows of parenthood, the struggles with work and childcare and how it feels when the kids eventually leave home. And Joe leaves the podcast as he takes up a new role outside the Trust.

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In this episode, Joe and Jayne discuss the military family with veteran Dr Simon Hunter and army child David Murtagh. The conversation covers growing up in the army community, the impact of operational deployment on the family and the fear and reality of loss.

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In this episode, Joe and Jayne discuss the impact of grief and dying with Hospice Volunteer Holly Storey, End of Life Lead Hannah McClean and Vicky Bowhill from the Bereavement Team. We are all likely to experience grief at some point in our lives and the guests share how loss has impacted them and their families and share some thoughts on how to prepare for the inevitable. 

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In this episode we explore age. Executive PA Kirsty and Adie from the Housekeeping team discuss music, movies and life goals. Kirsty shares some of her list “The meaning of things older people say” and Adie shares his thoughts on becoming a father later in life.

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In this episode, Non-Executive Director Tania Baker discusses gender transitioning and Dr Helen Iveson talks about her experiences as a sexual health consultant. Both reveal some of their own prejudices.

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