Health Talks podcast


Health Talks is a podcast created for our members and the local community, to share insight from our clinicians and specialist staff on topics related to health and care. We hope you enjoy listening.

Episode 5: Dying Matters (normalising conversations about dying)

To mark this year’s Dying Matters week, Dr Catherine Millington-Sanders (GP in Kingston and End of Life Care Clinical Lead Kingston & Richmond, and South West London), is joined by Magic Radio afternoon show presenter, Emma B, to discuss their experiences of loss, grief and how we can all get better at talking about dying.

If you have been affected by this topic, support is available. To find support, visit https://www.southwestlondonics.org.uk.

If you would like to learn more about the Universal Care Plan, visit https://ucp.onelondon.online/patients/

Episode length: 1 hour

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Episode 4: Lung cancer (hosted by Dr Bill Oldfield, Chief Medical Officer at Kingston Hospital and Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare)

In this episode, Emily Holton (Faster Diagnosis Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist), Helena Oliveira (Clinical Nurse Specialist for medical oncology) and Sam Haviland (Kick-It stop smoking service) discuss lung cancer patient pathways, signs and symptoms, and ways to reduce the risk of lung cancer.

Episode length: 19 minutes

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If you are unable to listen via PodBean, you can listen to episode 4 on YouTube.

Episode 3: Diabetes (hosted by Sam Armstrong, Director of Corporate Affairs at Kingston Hospital and Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare)

In this episode, Claire Neely (Diabetes Nurse Consultant and joint Clinical Lead at Kingston Hospital) and Michelle Hooper (Diabetes Dietitian and Clinical Service Manager at HRCH) discuss the signs and symptoms, as well as services and support available at Kingston Hospital and within the local community, for those with diabetes.

Episode length: 21 minutes

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If you are unable to listen via PodBean, you can listen to episode 3 on YouTube.

Episode 2: Dementia (hosted by Nic Kane, Kingston Hospital’s Chief Nurse)

In this episode, Lydia Russell (Service Lead for Dementia and Delirium at Kingston Hospital), Lou Scarlett (Dementia Carers’ Support Worker for Kingston Carers’ Network), and Vanessa Loftus (Consultant Psychiatrist for Older People and Clinical Lead for the Kingston Memory Service) discuss the services and support available at Kingston Hospital and within the local community, for those with dementia and their carers.

Episode length: 19 minutes

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If you are unable to listen via PodBean, you can listen to episode 2 on YouTube.

Episode 1: Improving Health (hosted by Sarb Sandhu, Kingston Hospital’s Chief of Surgery)

In this episode, you can hear from Lauren Castledine-Wolfe (Specialist Staff Health and Wellbeing Physiotherapist), Juliet Butler (Team Lead Physiotherapist for Care of the Elderly) and Anuradha Srivastava (Adult Dietitian) as they discuss the importance of looking after your physical and mental health, and advice for healthy eating and staying well. 

Episode length: 15 minutes

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If you are unable to listen via PodBean, you can listen to episode 1 on YouTube.

If you have any feedback or suggestions for future podcast episodes, let us know by emailing khft.comms@nhs.net.

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