Lets Talk: Life in lockdown episode 9- Liz- Global Health and Global Healing #LetsTalk Podcast

Professor
Liz Grant, Director of the Global Health Academy and Co-Director of the University
of Edinburgh Global Compassion Initiative, gives us a global perspective on the
pandemic, and its effects on lower income countries. Liz is a palliative care
specialist, and describes the need for doctors, families and carers to be quickly
trained in end-of-life care, because there usually isn’t time to bring in
specialised palliative care teams. Liz also talks about her work with the World
Health Organisation in making compassion the bedrock of our response to
Covid19, and the prospect of changing our language from ‘isolating’ to
‘cocooning’ the vulnerable. Liz is also working with Religions for Peace, and
envisions with faith leaders a society that will emerge more united from this
pandemic, more aware of the power of faith and of nature in making us globally
well.

For Coronavirus updates and advice,and FAQs please see the University
webpages here: https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/covid-19
The Chaplaincy blogs ‘For Times Like These’ https://www.ed.ac.uk/chaplaincy/for-times-like-these are written
specifically for mental health and wellbeing support during lockdown, as are
these mindfulness virtual
drop-ins: https://www.ed.ac.uk/chaplaincy/mindfulness-and-wellbeing/mindfulness-virtual-drop-ins
 For University support 
The University Listening Service (for students and staff) is continuing
throughout the lockdown, listening.service@ed.ac.uk
Student Counselling Service, https://www.ed.ac.uk/student-counselling
Staff Counselling Service, https://www.ed.ac.uk/counselling-services/staff
 If any of the issues in this broadcast have affected you and you’d like
support, here are some helplines.
If you feel that you or someone you are with is in danger right now,
please call 999
·       Breathing Space 0800 83 85 87
·       The Samaritans 08457 90 90 90





































·       Edinburgh Crisis Centre 0808 801 0414