Opportunities for development at all levels with Julie Somers, Breast Imaging and Screening Manager and Improvement Coach – Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
This is part of a series of podcasts, to support recruitment into the breast screening workforce. We will be speaking to four senior leaders working for the London NHSBSP, who share their experiences, why they chose a career in breast screening, and advice for others looking at a career in mammography. 
Find out more -https://www.london-breastscreening.org.uk/home.aspx

London Breastscreening -Opportunities for development at all levels with Julie Somers

The breast screening career ladder with Leticia Adamah-Miles, Clinical Advisor to the London region and Deputy Superintendent at St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

London Breastscreening - The breastscreening career ladder with Letitia Adamah - Miles

A holiday and a visit from a friend set in motion a series of events that no-one could have anticipated. GP Dr Bob Levin shares his account of being one of the first people in the UK to be isolated because of COVID-19. Listen to what helped him.

Isolation in the time of COVID-19 with Dr Bob Levin

At times of stress and uncertainty, we might strive to ‘live in hope’. But hope is not a gift that comes to us from outside of ourselves, it is something we can build through our actions. Retired Bishop Steven Oliver shares how being active, and achieving small things can strengthen hope, and improve our wellbeing.

Building hope through small actions with Steven Oliver

One of the many side-effects of isolation is a compulsion to self-improve, such as learning a language or a new skill. It can become relentless. Musicologist, Edward Breen suggests another path, and one less driven. If we can stop, and allow for some space in our lives, we can rediscover and find things of value, such as a deep listening to music.

Stop and smell the roses with Edward Breen

As Londoners were suddenly facing the challenges of working from home, many also lost the social and other rewards that come with working together in an organisation. Kathryn Davies shares what has helped a dispersed global workforce come together, and how they maintain their wellbeing.

Working from home during COVID with Kathryn Davies

Dr Tom Coffey OBE, GP and Senior Advisor to the Mayor of London, talks about how much he has changed his ways of working in recent weeks, more than during the rest of his career, and in many ways for the better.

Changing ways of working for the better with Tom Coffey

Imagine that point in life, when you get to live independently, start to earn your own money, and in a flash it all disappears. Musician Jack Apperley describes how his world was turned upside down, and yet by holding on to his values, he has hope for the future.

When your world turns upside down with Jack Apperley

The Covid-19 health response for London rough sleepers was quick, decisive and to date has been highly effective, keeping infection rates around 5%, compared to 50-60% seen in comparable international cities. HLP was asked to lead the health efforts on behalf of the NHS, but the response has required a supreme effort from charity/voluntary partners, the GLA and local authorities as well as traditional health providers. Jemma Gilbert, London’s Homeless Health Operations Director and HLP Prevention Director, gives the detail on what has been a true partnership effort.

London's homeless health response to Covid-19

In this podcast Professor Kevin Fenton unpacks all of the knowledge and thinking behind the public health response to the COVID-19, and shares how looking after your health is the best way to protect yourself in the future? Who knew you could sail a ship at the same time as building it?

Looking after your health is the best way to protect yourself with Kevin Fenton

In the latest in Healthy London Partnership's series on the power of general practice nursing in London, GPN Rachel Hodgkinson talks to HLP's Jonathan Sampson about the challenges on running successful newborn vaccinations during Covid-19 - from being unable to register births to scepticism in some areas to vaccines - and the dynamic solutions she and her peers have put in place to meet the challenges.

The Power of Practice Nursing 7: Successful newborn vaccinations during Covid

The London Health Podcast looks to tackle specific issues affecting health and care, so that we can improve the health of everyone in London.

The Power of Practice Nursing 7: Successful newborn vaccinations during Covid

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