Our People Podcast

Welcome to Our People Podcast. We have been talking to our extraodinary colleagues from around the Trust, bringing OUR people to YOU! Listen to every episode below.

You can also find all our episodes so far on our Spotify and Apple Podcast page, just search for the Our People Podcast.

Listen to episodes from Season 1 & 2 here.

• S3. E3: Research & Innovation

On this week's episode of Our People Podcast we joined Director of Research Deepali Varma and Director of Innovation Imran Ahmed.

Deepali and Imran talk about the important role research and innovation play at our Trust and how they help patient care.

They also discuss why they joined the NHS and how they got to where they are.

^{(Director of Innovation Imran Ahmed and Director of Research Deepali Varma)} 

• S3. E2: Diabetes

On this week's episode of Our People Podcast we joined Diabetes Specialist Nurse and Safe Care Lead Kay Brown as well as Consultant Nimantha De-Alwis.

Did you know more than 4.3 million people are now living with a diagnosis of diabetes in the UK?

Kay and Nimantha talk about what diabetes is, how someone can be tested for it and what health problems it can cause.

They also discuss how diabetes can be treated, how it can be prevented and why it is important for our staff to be educated on the condition.

^{(Consultant Nimantha De-Alwis and Diabetes Specialist Nurse Kay Brown)}

• S3. E1: World Breastfeeding Week

To kick start Season 3 of the multi-award winning Our People Podcast we celebrate World Breastfeeding Week.

We joined Infant Feeding Lead for Midwifery, Stacey McFarlane, Community Nursery Nurse, Cheryl Rutherford and mam Angel Puttock.

Angel talks about her first-hand experience of breastfeeding whilst Stacey and Cheryl list all the benefits that come with it.

They also discuss this year's Breastival which has been put on during the week to support and celebrate breastfeeding as part of everyday life.

The team also talk about the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative and how this will help increase breastfeeding rates.

^{(Angel Puttock (left) and her two daughters, Cheryl Rutherford (centre) and Stacey McFarlane (right))}

If you would like to be on the podcast, please email: stsft.trustcomms@nhs.net