9 episodes
Rheum For Improvement 11-29 Media
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- Health & Fitness
Rheum for Improvement is the podcast dedicated to service improvement in axial SpA care. In each episode, hosts Lucy and Hasan meet with healthcare professionals from across the UK who have undertaken a service improvement project in their department. This podcast offers an authentic look at the real experiences of healthcare teams. Listeners can expect to leave with actionable insights that they can put into practice in their own department.
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One off special – axial SpA and IBD
Hosts Lucy Davies and Professor Hasan Tahir meet with Dr Christian Selinger, Consultant Gastroenterologist at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Professor Raj Sengupta, Consultant Rheumatologist at Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Royal United Hospitals Bath. Christian and Raj discuss the links between Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and axial SpA, how gastroenterologists can recognise axial Spa in their patients and how closer working between gastroenterology and rheumatology can help reduce the delay to diagnosis in axial SpA.
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One off special - Axial SpA and uveitis
Host Lucy Davies meets with Dr Nima Ghadiri, Consultant Ophthalmologist at Royal Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Professor Karl Gaffney, Consultant Rheumatologist at Norfolk & Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust who is Chair of the British Society for SpondyloArthritis (BRITSPA). Nima and Karl discuss the links between Uveitis and axial SpA, how ophthalmologists can recognise axial Spa in their patients and how closer working between ophthalmology and rheumatology can help reduce the delay to diagnosis in axial SpA.
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Episode 6 – Engaging Your Patients: The Art of Self-Management
In the final episode of this season, Lucy and Hasan meet Paula Dowie a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist from NHS Fife.
Paula explains how her team worked with patients to improve attendance levels at their clinic.
This episode is CPD accredited.
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Episode 5 – Why We Need Champions in Primary Care
This week, we welcome back Dr Dale Webb, CEO at the National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society (NASS). He joins Lucy and Hasan to introduce the Champions in Primary Care programme from NASS and discuss why we need service improvement in primary care.
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Episode 4 – Teamwork Makes the Dream work: Collaborating Across Multiple Disciplines
Lucy and Hasan meet Dr Ben Thompson, Consultant Rheumatologist from Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Ben explains how his team set about streamlining care for patients with axial SpA by improving the way they work with multiple disciplines.
This episode is CPD accredited.
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Episode 3 – Making change happen: Breaking big projects into bite-sized chunks
Lucy and Hasan meet Dr Helena Marzo-Ortega, Consultant Rheumatologist and Associate Professor from Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trusts.
Helena explains how her team took a big service improvement project and broke it down to make it manageable and achieve their goals.
This episode is CPD accredited.
For more information visit: www.nass.co.uk/rheumforimprovement