On Up, Up and Away we speak to thought-leaders and opinion formers in the world of digital health, be that clinicians, patients, young people or other tech innovators. We find out what things are making a real difference. Our talented team specialise in creating digitally enabled self-management programmes to the NHS for young people. We've spent the past eight years or so developing the Digital Health Passport - an evidence-based mobile app, which improves skills, knowledge and confidence t ...
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Breathe Easy, Play Hard: Empowering Young Athletes with Asthma to Thrive in Sport
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26:53Send us a text In this heartfelt and inspiring episode of Up Up and Away, hosts Dom Burch and Saira Arif launch the Breathe Easy, Play Hard campaign, dedicated to empowering young athletes with asthma. Sparked by the untimely passing of Saira's close friend Brendt Barrett, a strength coach who lived with asthma and sadly died of cancer, the campaig…
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No More Hiding: How Inhaler Tailor is Helping People Embrace Their Asthma One Case At a Time
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32:15Send us a text In this episode, Dom Burch sits down with Inhaler Tailor founders Will and Harriet Hogge, alongside marketing intern Lauren McClean, to discuss their innovative approach to asthma care, their journey as entrepreneurs, and the impact of their product. From Idea to Innovation: The Birth of Inhaler Tailor Will Hogge, originally from a t…
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Health Equity & Innovation: Yinka Sholaja on Fighting Sickle Cell with Digital Solutions
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16:04Send us a text In this episode of Up, Up & Away, host Dom Burch sits down with Yinka Sholaja, a clinical project manager and passionate advocate for digital health innovation, particularly in the management of sickle cell disease. Yinka shares her personal connection to the disease, her journey into clinical research, and how digital health tools—l…
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Victoria Betton founder PeopleDotCom - a digital health pioneer and advocate for change
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35:48Send us a text In this episode of the "Up, Up and Away" podcast, Dom Burch interviews Victoria Betton, founder and director of PeopleDotCom Limited, a consultancy specialising in human-centered design, digital strategy, and adoption for social impact. With 25 years of experience in charities, social work, the NHS, local government, and industry, Vi…
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How the Digital Health Passport is Transforming Asthma Care with Kate Cheema, UCLPartners
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34:35Send us a text In this episode of the Up Up and Away podcast, host Dom Burch welcomes Kate Cheema, Director of Evaluation and Insight at UCLPartners. With over 17 years in NHS data analysis and patient safety, Kate offers a deep dive into the transformative power of data and AI in healthcare, describing her work as “turning all this nerdy gold into…
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Charles Kwaku-Odoi CEO, CAHN - harnessing digital tools to reduce health inequalities
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28:36Send us a text In this episode of the Up, Up & Away podcast, Dom Burch interviews Charles Kwaku-Odoi, Chief Executive of the Caribbean & African Health Network (CAHN). He is a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Greater Manchester, an honorary member of the esteemed Faculty of Public Health (FPH), and the honorary Ecumenical Canon at Manchester Cath…
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Jess Russell, asthma practitioner, on the role of digital tools in supporting better health outcomes
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25:19Send us a text In this episode of the podcast, host Dom Burch sits down with Jess Russell, an experienced asthma practitioner, to discuss practical strategies for managing asthma, the importance of patient education, and the role of digital tools in supporting better health outcomes. Key Themes and Highlights: Empowering Patients Through Education …
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Behaviour change, chronic condition management, and the role of digital technologies
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28:42Send us a text In the latest episode of Up, Up and Away, host Dom Burch speaks to Dr. Pamela Rackow and Alexandra Dima - two esteemed researchers in the field of health psychology and digital health. Pamela is a Psychology Lecturer at the University of Stirling, who specialises in the mechanisms of behaviour change and the role of digital technolog…
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Laura King - senior children & young peoples' asthma practitioner, illustrator and author
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34:23Send us a text In this episode of the Tiny Medical Apps / Digital Health Passport podcast, cohosts Dom Burch and Saira Arif interview Laura King, a senior children and young people's asthma practitioner for North East London. Laura shares her journey from starting in orthopaedics to becoming an asthma specialist, highlighting her initial experience…
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Dr Malcolm White clean air specialist at Global Action Plan - on clean air day
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32:01Send us a text Dr. Malcolm White, a clean air specialist at Global Action Plan, joined hosts Dom Burch and Saira Arif to discuss the critical issue of air pollution and its health impacts. Malcolm highlighted his background in hospital medicine and environmentalism, sharing insights from his experience working in deprived areas where environmental …
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Addressing health inequalities, with Monica Fletcher OBE distinguished respiratory health expert
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36:52Send us a text Monica Fletcher OBE is a distinguished respiratory health expert, who has innovated all her career, be that here in the UK or further afield in Bangladesh and China. With a career spanning over three decades, Mon has made a massive and significant contribution to the field of respiratory health She joined Dom Burch and Saira Arif on …
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Sara Nelson, NHS asthma pioneer, Queen's nurse and digital app champion
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33:43Send us a text In this episode of the "Up, Up and Away" podcast, hosted by Dom Burch with co-host Saira Arif, guest Sara Nelson, a nurse by background and a passionate advocate for asthma care, shares her extensive experience in transforming children and young people's health services through digital innovation. The episode sheds light on the evolu…
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Capturing the potential of digital health tools to democratise healthcare - with Dom and Saira
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25:27Send us a text Welcome to the first episode of the Digital Health Passport podcast - Up, Up & Away. Well, you can't have a hot air balloon for a logo and not get a little carried away! The Up Up and Away podcast, hosted by Dom Burch, kicks off with Saira Arif as the special guest, exploring personal experiences and journeys within the digital healt…
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