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Wessex LMCs Podcasts
Welcome to Wessex LMCs podcasts. We will share good ideas, challenge your thoughts and introduce you to interesting people and projects all to support you in your work in general practice. The world of general practice is getting busier and busier, so why not listen to one of our audio podcasts whilst you are driving, at the gym, or during a break. We will share good ideas, challenge your thoughts and introduce you to interesting people and projects all to support you in your work in general…
Episodes
Wessex LMCs PodcastsTop Tips on dealing with haematology in General Practice
Wessex LMCs Joint CEO, Dr Andy Purbrick, is joined by Dr Jason Mainwaring, Consultant Haematologist to discuss top tips on dealing with haematology in General…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsThe Financial Challenges and Realities of Becoming a GP Partner
Wessex LMCs presents a podcast on the financial challenges and realities of becoming a GP Partner. Dr Will Howard, a GP Partner for 22 years and a Medical…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsSafe Working - it's transformational
Need to re-charge, refresh and re-imagine? Do listen to Dr Steph Carter and Dr Claire Hodgekiss discuss improving access for patients and taking back control…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsAwareness and Support around Drink Spiking
Dr Laura Edwards, Joint CEO at Wessex LMCs, speaks with Helena Conibear, Founder and CEO of the Talk About Trust (formally the Alcohol Education Trust). The…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsThe Financial Burden on GP Practices
Wessex LMCs Joint CEO Dr Laura Edwards talks to BBC Radio Solent about the significant threat to GP Practices with the rise in National Insurance…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsA Huge Potential Threat to General Practice
Wessex LMCs Joint CEO Dr Andy Purbrick talks to BBC Radio Solent (Dorset) about the huge potential threat the increase in National Insurance contributions will…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsNon-Specific Symptom Pathways Explained
In this podcast, Dr Andy Purbrick, Joint CEO at Wessex LMCs talks with: Dr Richard Hiskins, GP working in SWAG Cancer Alliance Dr Richard Roope, Wessex Rapid…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsNHS Continuing Healthcare Explained
Dr Andy Purbrick, Joint CEO at Wessex LMCs talks with the all age continuing care team at NHS Dorset to dispel some of the myths behind continuing health care…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsA Patient’s Point of View - What is happening to General Practice?
Christopher Saunders (Patient) & Sarah Peters (Healthwatch) ask Dr Andy Purbrick (GP & Joint CEO, Wessex LMCs) the crucial questions that are at the front of…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsThe Benefits of Time Spent with Like-Minded Managers
Louise Greenwood (Director of Education and Training, Wessex LMCs) talks to Matt Perkins and Jayne Tabor, two of Wessex LMCs’ Practice Manager Supporters about…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsWomen’s Health - challenges and practical solutions to delivering menopause care in general practice
In this podcast, Zoe Tobin (previous Nurse Advisor at Wessex LMCs) is kindly joined by Dr Camilla Janssen (Hampshire GP and Vice Chair & representative for the…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsOsteoporosis for GPs
Listen to Wessex LMCs Joint CEO, Dr Andy Purbrick talking to Dr Jonathan Marks, Consultant Rheumatologist at UHD Hospital, as they discuss the latest…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsDeath Certification Reforms and Statutory Medical Examiner System
Our Joint CEOs Dr Andy Purbrick and Dr Laura Edwards together discuss the impending reforms to Death Regulations that come into place next week. They will run…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsVisa Sponsorship in General Practice
Does your practice have a visa sponsorship licence already? Do you know what it is or why you might want one? This podcast will persuade you to push this up…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsDifferent ways of working – a General Practice example
In this episode Dr Edd Rendell speaks with Business Manager Jo Farnworth and GP Partner Dr John Robertson from Prince of Wales Surgery, Dorchester. They have…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsAn insight into GPDF
This Wessex LMCs podcast is about an organisation called the GPDF – or General Practitioners Defence Fund. In this podcast Dr Will Howard (Medical Director of…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsOur Values
Edd Rendell, talks to Dr Simon Wright, GP and Chair of the Dorset LMC, and Lisa Harding, about ‘Our Values’. They discuss what the Values mean, why they are so…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsReflecting on the Challenges Facing Dispensing Practices
In this podcast Ed Kennedy who is a Managing Partner at the Wickham Surgery in Hampshire, reflects on his own personal experience of the challenges dispensing…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsPertussis (Whooping Cough) in Primary Care
Pertussis – the latest infectious disease to make the headlines, but also to cause real risk to the most vulnerable patients in our population. Listen to Dr…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsThe General Practice Nurse Role
In this podcast Zoe Tobin (previous Nurse Advisor) is joined by Angie Hack, Assistant Director of Nursing Programmes at the Queen's Nursing Institute, and…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsRespiratory Care & Paediatric Asthma
In this podcast our previous Nurse Advisor, Zoe Tobin, is joined by Emma Ray, Respiratory Nurse Specialist, to discuss all things respiratory. They talk…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsHealth Inequalities - The Surprising Factor
In this podcast Dr Laura Edwards discusses with Dr Katie Warburton and Dr Jo Hunter their work around health inequalities, and the surprising factor and…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsTaking Late Retirement from the NHS 1995 Pension Section
In this podcast, Jan Harley-Doyle from Lifestyle Options explains the importance of practices being aware of the ramifications of staff taking late retirement…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsThe role of the HCA in General Practice
In this podcast, Zoe Tobin (previous nurse advisor) is joined by Julia O Mara and Julia Judd, trainers from J2S training, who provide valuable comprehensive…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsPharmacy First Service
Laura Edwards and Sarah Cotton discuss Pharmacy First a new initiative that has been rolled out across the country. They discuss how the new service is going…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsShared Care - A guide from Wessex LMCs
Shared care is a term used within the NHS to describe the situation where a specialist doctor wishes to pass some of the patient’s care, such as prescription…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsGeneral Practice Improvement Programme
Michelle Lombardi, Director of Primary Care, talks with Amelia Davis, Operational Service Lead at Malmesbury Primary Care Centre. They discuss how the General…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsGP Contract Hand Back - The Implications, Liabilities & Practical Considerations
Dr Andy Purbrick (Joint CEO, Wessex LMCs) discusses the thorny issue of why a GP Partnership may consider handing back its contract and closing the practice…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsA Personal Experience of Unique End of Life Wishes
This podcast is exceptional in many ways. It is a deeply personal story of a family carrying out their mothers rather unique end of life wishes. We hear from…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsCall to GP Practices to get Onboard Wessex Healthier Together
The Wessex Healthier Together website provides advice for parents, young people and pregnant women, and clinical resources to support healthcare professionals…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsSafe Working in General Practice - Inspiration for Change
Dr Steph Carter and Dr Claire Hodgekiss, both GP Partners in Hampshire discuss the projects they have been involved in to improve their practice service for…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsAutism Awareness in Primary Care
Dr Laura Edwards talks with Dr Gemma Langman, Clinical Champion for Learning Disability and Autism for the Hampshire and IOW ICB. Gemma has a passion for…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsLearning Disabilities Awareness in Primary Care
----more----Dr Laura Edwards talks with Dr Gemma Langman, Clinical Champion for Learning Disability and Autism for the Hampshire & IOW ICB. This discussion…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsPaediatric Egg Allergy in Primary Care
Wessex LMCs Medical Director Dr Edd Rendell, and previous Nurse Advisor Zoe Tobin, talk to Cherry Alvian, Paediatric Allergy GRID registrar at University…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsPatient behaviour is evolving fast – where do you turn for help?
Figures from consumer research group 2San show that 1 in 3 people in Southampton initially look for medical advice on socials instead of from a GP. In this…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsBeing an International Medical Graduate (IMG)
Alex Morgan continues the discussion with Sharjeel Qureshi and they dig a little deeper into how it feels to be training as a GP in a different place and…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsHosting an International Medical Graduate (IMG) in your Surgery
Dr Will Howard talks to Dr Sharjeel Qureshi & Dr Alex Morgan about hosting an International Medical Graduate (IMG) in your surgery as a training GP. Dr Alex…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsFIT Testing demystified, Overview of the 2WW ”Rapid Investigation Service” & ”Cancer of Unknown Primary” Pathways
GP Dr Camilla Janssen talks to Richard Roope about FIT tests, their use in screening as well as for the symptomatic population. Also covered are the new…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsCoping with Imposter Syndrome
Imposter Syndrome is the experience that many high-achieving people have of feeling a fraud, of not deserving their success, a fear of being ‘found out’, of…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsCannabis and Young People
Wessex LMCs previous Nurse Advisor Zoe Tobin talks to Karen Perryman, Regional Manager of the Talk About Trust (formally the Alcohol Education Trust) about…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsAlcohol and Young people with Special Educational Needs
Wessex LMCs previous Nurse Advisor Zoe Tobin talks to Karen Perryman, Regional Manager of the Talk About Trust (formally Alcohol Education Trust) for the South…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsGiving a bit back to veterans…and increasing staff morale and patient care at the same time
Louise Greenwood (Director of Education & Training at Wessex LMCs) talks to Andrew Pearce, Quality and Compliance Manager for Portsdown Group Practice. Andrew…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsLyme Disease Awareness
In this podcast we explore Lyme disease, its prevalence and presentations. Lyme disease symptoms may be non-specific and difficult to recognise. Raising…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsFeeling Overwhelmed & Under Pressure from Patient Demand?
Do you feel overwhelmed with patient demand and are you constantly feeling the pressure? Do listen to Dr Rebecca Lye (GP) and Mrs Alex Kimber (Managing…
Wessex LMCs Podcasts2.6 Million Patients vs 1400 GPs
Dr Laura Edwards, Joint CEO of Wessex LMCs was recently interviewed by Global News to highlight the pressures in general practice. Take a listen to the…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsAnxiety and depression: why doctors are prescribing gardening rather than drugs
Many GPs are now prescribing growing and other green activities, and evidence suggests that this can be as effective at treating anxiety and depression as…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsThe pressure never stops, BBC Radio Solent Interview with Dr Andy Purbrick
On Tuesday 7th March, Wessex LMCs Joint CEO, Dr Andy Purbrick, spoke on BBC Radio Solent’s breakfast show (broadcast to Dorset). Following a segment on the day…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsThe pressure never stops, BBC Radio Solent Interview with Dr Laura Edwards
On Tuesday 7th March, Wessex LMCs Joint CEO, Dr Laura Edwards, spoke on BBC Radio Solent’s breakfast show (broadcast to Hampshire & IOW). Following a segment…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsTalking Transgender
Dr Cora Sargent, Educational Psychologist and a Senior Training Fellow at the University of Southampton, joins us to discuss the work she carries out as part…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsHave you heard of the Cameron Fund?
Dr Will Howard, Medical Director at Wessex LMCS, talks with Vernon Needham, trustee of the Cameron Fund. Vernon explains everything you need to know about the…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsGroup A Streptococcus Infections – where are we now?
Dr Sanjay Patel, paediatric infectious diseases & immunology Consultant at Southampton Children’s’ Hospital , joins Dr Will Howard, Medical Director at Wessex…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsSupply vs Demand in General Practice
Following Dr Laura Edwards Meridian interview, she talks with Dr Edd Rendell about the huge mismatch in patient demand vs staffing levels in General Practice.
Wessex LMCs PodcastsSafe Working in General Practice
Dr Richard Van Mellaerts, London based GP and British Medical Association Deputy Chair of the GP Committee (England) speaks to Dr Edd Rendell, Medical Director…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsPatient Safety - A Focus on Children & Teenagers
Dr Chrissy Boardman, CAMHS Doctor, talks to Dr Sarah Kay- GP Clinical Lead for Patient Safety at NHS Dorset about prevention of child and teenager suicides…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsNHS Property Services - Settlement Considerations
In light of NHS Property Services sending settlement letters to practices again, we have recorded this podcast with Adam Thompson from Primary Care Surveyors…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsIf the health sector were a country, it would be the fifth-largest emitter on the planet...
Angela Hayes, Clinical Nurse Specialist at The Christie Foundation Trust in Manchester, talks to Dr Laura Edwards about the sustainability projects she is…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsNational Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness
Recorded during our PM update on 31st August, Connie Timmins, Lead Nurse for Infection Prevention and Control at NHS BSW ICB talks to us about the National…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsThe Importance of Patient Safety
Louise Greenwood is joined by: Sarah Kay, GP Clinical Lead for Patient Safety at NHS Dorset Jaydee Swarbrick, Patient Safety Specialist at NHS Dorset to…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsEven sceptical GPs can benefit from coaching!
Louise Greenwood (Director of Education) talks to Dr Andy Purbrick (CEO and GP) and David Birch. Andy was coached by David and they discuss how and why Andy…
Wessex LMCs PodcastsThe Green Agenda and Estates in Primary Care
Dr Laura Edwards speaks with Adam Thompson, Director of Primary Care Surveyors and Mark Robinson, architect, and Director at Simpson Hilder Associates. They…