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In this episode, we speak to Professor Mike Reed, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Anna Willis, Orthopaedic Nurse practitioner and talk about Artificial Intelligence and joint arthroplasties, bone & joint infection unit, nurse led care and even the impact of seagulls on patient recovery in Northumbria.

The new Nice Guidelines recommend covering surgical incisions with an appropriate interactive dressing.
In this podcast, Steve Bishop, VP of R&D for Advanced Wound Care at ConvaTec talks about interactive post-op dressings such as AQUACEL® Surgical and how they can make such a difference in terms of preventing SSIs and improving patient outcomes.

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In this episode, Prof Tim Board, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Dr Neeraj Sharma, Consultant Anaesthetist and Jo Clarke, Adv Orthopaedic Practitioner are discussing a day case hip surgery pilot with our guest host Mr Anil Gambhir, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon – all from Wrightington Hospital, Centre of Excellence for Orthopaedic Surgery.

In this episode, we have Mr Johnson Amu, Consultant in Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Maternity Theatre Sister Lisa Roberts from Blackpool Teaching Hospitals talking about reducing surgical complications and the care of their high-risk caesarean section patients as well as the impact of Covid-19 on services in general.

We also have a unique patient perspective from Amy Withers, who is also a Tissue Viability Specialist talking about her experiences in using NPWT following her caesarean section.

In this episode we spoke to Dr Clare-Louise Sandell, Arthroplasty Nurse Specialist & Mr Jason Millington, Orthopaedic Consultant and Clinical Lead from St Mary’s NHS Foundation Trust about implementing a change in practise to improve clinical outcomes and patient experiences.