Talking about death and grief isn’t something we do well in Britain – but there are tools out there to help us change this. Griefcast, a podcast by comedian Cariad Lloyd, whose father died while she was just a teenager, “examines the human experience of grief and death – but with comedians, so it’s cheerier than it sounds.” Guests including comedians talk about their experiences of and views on death, grief and funerals.
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Podcast
The cost of the living crisis
Source: The King’s Fund
Anna Charles speaks to Torsten Bell, Chief Executive of the Resolution Foundation, Helen Barnard, Associate Director at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Marie Gabriel CBE, Chair of North East London Integrated Care System and Cormac Russell, Founding Director of Nurture Development, to find out how the cost-of-living crisis is impacting the nation’s health and wellbeing and what the health and care system can do in response.
Listen here: The cost-of-living crisis: is the nation’s health paying the price? | The King’s Fund (kingsfund.org.uk)
Library Newsletter
November 2022
Our November newsletter is now available to read and download- please feel free to share and display this within your departments. It features key events of what is happening in the Lantern Centre this month as well as introducing our new podcast – take a listen to our first episode and see what you think. We hope you enjoy reading this month’s edition and as always value any feedback or suggestions you may have for our team.
King’s Fund Podcast
Deep roots: place and trust with Professor Carolyn Wilkins OBE
How can local government and the NHS work together to cultivate a sense of place? Listen to Professor Carolyn Wilkins OBE talk about leadership and influence across local, regional and national levels.
Podcast
Supporting refugee and migrant health care in England
We know people who are refugees, asylum seekers and migrants can arrive at their destination with complex physical and mental health needs. So how does the health and care system respond when they arrive in England? Take a listen to this King’s Fund podcast as they discuss refugee and migrant health care.
Podcast
Bookshelfie: Joy Crookes
Source: Women’s Prize for Fiction Podcast
What better way to discover new books than through recommendations from the shelves of inspiring women?
In this episode singer and songwriter Joy Crookes talks about rude awakenings and the feeling of being ‘slapped in the face’ by books.
Joy was initially recognised in 2013 for her cover of Hit the Road Jack which she posted on YouTube, gaining over 600,000 views (one of whom was to be her manager). Three years later, she released her debut single, New Manhattan, at just age 17. She went on to release her debut EP, Influence, with Speakerbox and Insanity Records, performing one of the songs on global music platform COLORS. Since then, she’s won two UK Music Video Awards, a Remarkable Women Award and performed at Glastonbury Festival. Her music focuses on themes of mental health, relationships and culture.
King’s Fund Podcast
Leading with compassion: supporting the health and wellbeing of NHS staff
In this new podcast episode the Director of Policy, Sally Warren, sits down with Annie Laverty, Chief Experience Officer at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and Steve Ned, Director of Workforce at Barnsley and Rotherham NHS Foundation Trusts, to explore the role of compassionate leadership in supporting the health and wellbeing of staff.
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Public Health
Current Awareness Updates
Reducing the spread of respiratory infections, including COVID-19, in the workplace UK Health Security Agency; April 14 2022
(Public health principles for reducing the spread of respiratory infections, including COVID-19, in the workplace.)
Out of Area Placements in Mental Health Services, January 2022 NHS Digital; April 14 2022
(Publication of adult acute mental health patients being treated outside their provider of usual treatment in January 2022. Statistics are presented nationally and at regional, sustainability and transformation partnership (STP) footprint, clinical commissioning group (CCG) and provider level.)
Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics , Performance January, Provisional February 2022 NHS Digital; April 14 2022
(This publication provides the most timely statistics available relating to NHS funded secondary mental health, learning disabilities and autism services in England. This information will be of use to people needing access to information quickly for operational decision making and other purposes. These statistics are derived from submissions made using version 4.1 of the Mental Health Services Dataset (MHSDS))
Thunderstorm asthma and public health – looking back to move forward UK Health Security Agency; March 18 2022
(In June 2021, the UK Health Security Agency detected a potential episode of
thunderstorm asthma; an increase in people reporting asthma symptoms linked to thunderstorm activity. In this blog post they look at the interplay between the weather and our health and how they can use their scientific surveillance systems to inform future public health responses.)
Integrated health and care services for people experiencing homelessness NICE Talks
(In this episode of NICE Talks they discuss NICE’s recently published guideline on integrated health and social care services for people experiencing homelessness.
The guideline was developed in partnership with the Centre for Homelessness Impact and the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities. The guideline outlines how people experiencing homelessness can access services tailored for their needs. It highlights that more effort and targeted approaches are often needed to ensure that people experiencing homelessness have access to the same standard of health and social care as the general population.)
Podcast
Bookshelfie: Gina Miller
Source: Women’s Prize for Fiction Podcast
What better way to discover new books than through recommendations from the shelves of inspiring women?
Campaigner, Gina Miller tells Vick Hope how she has taken adversity and turned it into power.
Gina is a businesswoman and dedicated philanthropist who strongly believes in standing up for what she thinks is right, no matter the cost. She has shown this through her social justice work, her True and Fair Campaign, and through the legal challenges she launched against the government during Brexit. Her memoir, Rise, tells Gina’s remarkable story.
Podcast
Tackling health inequalities
Source: The King’s Fund Podcast
Helen McKenna talks with Dr Bola Owolabi, Director of Health Inequalities at NHS England and NHS Improvement, about the NHS’s spheres of influence, the power of gathering around a common cause, and whether the experience of the pandemic will lead to a step change in tackling health inequalities.
Listen to the podcast here