An authentic yet lighthearted take on the world of medicines and healthcare in the UK

Leadership Episodes

May 3, 2024

6.7 Dr Esther Clift DClinP - Joining the Dots; Frailty & Physiotherapy

We chat to Physiotherapist and Consultant Practitioner, Esther Clift about her pioneering role in the management of frailty & how the Isle of Wight, as a ‘petri-dish’ of frailty, is the ideal place for this role.

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Sept. 20, 2022

4.9 - Dr Ben Allen - Failure Demand in General Practice

In this episode we talk to Dr Ben Allen. A GP partner and Clinical Director for Primary Care in Sheffield, Ben is passionate about empowering patients to understand the health system in order to improve their experience of care.

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Aug. 26, 2022

4.8 - Dave Murdoch and the life of a Paramedic - From Everest to Dorset

Something different - we chat to Dave Murdoch an Advanced Paramedic Practitioner with over 28 years of experience who has worked in a wide variety of prehospital settings; ambulances, cars, helicopters as well as Urgent Care Centres, Emergency Departments and General Practice surgeries, and almost 3 years of medical development work in a post-Soviet medical system.

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July 29, 2022

4.6 Dr Wasim Baqir – Shine On - Changing lives through improved medicines use in Care Homes.

We chat to Dr Wasim Baqir - a senior pharmacist from the Pharmacy Integration Programme at NHS England. Was takes us through his career and work with developing pharmacy services with NHS England and in particular we discuss his work on medicines optimisation in care homes as part of the Health Foundations Shine Programme – a genuine game-changer.

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March 12, 2021

Episode 5 - Lindsay Harper, the treatment of obesity and resilience in healthcare.

Lindsay is the Director of Pharmacy at the Northern Care Alliance NHS Group . Previously she was the lead intestinal failure specialist pharmacist on the national intestinal failure unit at Salford We talk to Lindsay about the role of clinical pharmacists and their transition from secondary to primary and about systems leadership & resilience in healthcare

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