The Hillingdon Hospitals' Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

New Stop Smoking Clinic

Elaine Hotson, health and wellbeing lead, talk to Sue, our tobacco dependence lead. They discuss our service for staff to give up smoking, and the new Staff Stop Smoking Clinic.

The clinic is running from September 17th on Wednesdays 2-4pm, Location : 1st floor FFP3 hub room - by Theatres entrance ( first floor off the tower block stairs and past the lifts ), Hillingdon hospital

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Listen to the next podcast episode of Radio Hillingdon's In Conversation series - Molly Arbuthnott, the volunteer storyteller on the Bumblebee Ward at Hillingdon Hospital.  

Molly volunteers her time to meet the children staying on the ward, and to share her love of books by reading them stories. 

For all the latest Trust news and information check out our website - www.thh.nhs.uk.

Kavita Goreeba (Chair for our Women's Network) and Rana Erteza (Deputy Chair for our Women’s Network) chat in this podcast about this year's International Women’s Day, what it means to our staff, and how we are celebrating it in the Trust.

International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. This year's theme is 'Accelerate Action' - calls for action that can unlock equal rights, power and opportunities for all and a feminist future where no one is left behind.
 
 

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In this week's episode we talk to Brenda Webb, Programme Manager within the Transformation, Improvement and Programme Management Office, who is leading on the Trust’s Clinical Service Reviews which started in May 2022.

Brenda said: "We're really keen to ensure that we get as many views as we can from all our patients, family members and carers. They survey is really quick and easy and the patients perspective is probably the most important ones because they're the people that we're here to serve."

Take part in the survey and have your say.

For all the latest Trust news and information check out our website - www.thh.nhs.uk.

In this episode we talk to Dr Jide Menekaya about the Trust's Community Neonatal Clinic, which was launched in 2021 as part of the pandemic response. It has since been highlighted by the RCPCH as an excellent example of pandemic-initiated service re-design, and discussed in Parliament as an exemplar of best practice for cross agency working.

For all the latest Trust news and information check out our website - www.thh.nhs.uk.

In today's podcast, Sarah Burton, Learning Disabilities Clinical Nurse Specialist, tells us how the Trust works to ensure that we are supporting patients appropriately and makes adjustments if needed.

Sarah has recently updated our best practice guidelines for supporting patients with a learning disability, listen to the podcast to find out more.

For all the latest Trust news and information check out our website - www.thh.nhs.uk.

In this episode we talk to Elaine Hotson, the Trust's Health Wellbeing and Engagement Lead about financial wellbeing, and what support is available to staff if they are worried about the cost of living crisis. 

For all the latest Trust news and information check out our website - www.thh.nhs.uk.

What is Trans Day of Visibility?

Transgender Day of Visibility takes place on March 31st each year to celebrate trans and non-binary people and raise awareness of discrimination faced by trans people worldwide.

In this podcast, Danny Karystinos, our equality and diversity lead, talks to Soraya Boam who is CBT psychologist working for West London NHS Trust. Soraya delivers workshops around gender identity and conformity.

The conversation covers trans rights, experiences and how society has evolved towards inclusion.  Listen for full details of the workshops that Soraya delivers and why awareness is important. 

For all the latest Trust news and information check out our website - www.thh.nhs.uk.

In honour of the International Day for the Elimination of Racism on 21 March, Danny, our Trust's Diversity and Inclusion Lead sits down with members of the Multicultural Committee to talk about what the day means, how we can take a stand against discrimination, and what you can do if you observe or experience racism while at work. 

For all the latest Trust news and information check out our website - www.thh.nhs.uk.

In preparation for Disabled Access Day on 16 March, our latest podcast discusses how we can make our Trust more accessible for all. 

We talk to Matthew Page, Deputy Chair of the Trust's Disability and Wellbeing Committee and Danny Karystinos, Diversity and Inclusion Lead, about what it means to be an accessible organisation, what we can do support staff and patients, and how you can get help if you experience barriers in your role. 

For all the latest Trust news and information check out our website - www.thh.nhs.uk.