Dr Hogg's Pod Andrew Hogg

In this this weeks episode we talk to Dr Steven Land, owner of Novellus Aesthetics, Newcastle. Steven talks us through his journey into the increasingly popular area of facial aesthetics which he does alongside his role as a specialty doctor in emergency medicine. 

https://www.novellusaesthetics.co.uk

In keeping with last months theme about obesity we are joined this week by Ann Isbell who struggled with her weight ever since having children. In 2017 Ann had a gastric bypass procedure carried out by consultant bariatric surgeon Mr Nick Carter of Portsmouth's Spire hospital. After facing many extraordinary challenges this surgery has turned things around for Ann and given her a new lease of life for her and her family.  

Joining us this week to discuss the UK's ever expanding waistline is the rather fantastic Lucy Perrow of the British Dietetics Association. Lucy has a wealth of experience working in a level 3 weight management service at Central London Community Health NHS Trust.

Whilst there is never an easy solution to weight loss, her insights will help give us all some pointers in the right direction to overcome the barriers to a healthy weight. 

This weeks guest, Tim Farmer is the founder of TSF consultants, the UK's largest provider of mental capacity assessments. In this podcast Tim breaks down the basics of the mental capacity act into it's 5 core principles and outlines the practicalities of his assessments in the form of the 2-stage test. Bristling with anecdotes, Tim has a wealth of information about his experience assessing capacity that will be relevant to almost everyone working in the health profession. 

Tim's book, Grandpa on a skateboard: the practicalities of assessing mental capacity and unwise decisions, is available now through Amazon.

Please feel free to email me for topics you would like me to cover, or just to give feedback at drhoggspod@gmail.com

In this weeks podcast we meet Jacob Haddad, co-founder of AccuRx, the SMS chain based software that is changing the face of communication in the NHS. It is especially timely in light of the current COVID pandemic that doctors have resources available that make communicating with their patients easier. Jacob takes us through the building of AccuRx, it's current features and plans for the future.  

https://www.accurx.com

This weeks podcast is about chronic pain with consultant specialist in pain management Dr Tim Bushnell of the William Harvey Hospital East Kent NHS trust. Dr Bushnell bristles with anecdotes from his 25 years of experience in the profession. In this podcast he helps to demystify some of the many misconceptions about pain and how doctors can help patients better manage their symptoms. 

Useful links:

British pain society: https://www.britishpainsociety.org

Opioids aware: https://fpm.ac.uk/opioids-aware