Listen in to gain insights into the careers and experiences of Leaders from across Scotland's public sector. Interviewed by Dr Kate Arrow, a Specialty Registrar in Anaesthesia and Dr Thomas Lamont, Specialty Registrar in Restorative Dentistry. Hear the candid stories, experiences and reflections of some of Scotland's most successful Professionals from across Academia, Government, Health & Social Care and The Third Sector.
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Information for children who need to have general anaesthesia for surgery or a procedure. Available in multilingual versions. This version is in English
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Information for children who need to have general anaesthesia for surgery or a procedure in Punjabi
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A podcast for children who are coming for a General Anaesthetic for surgery or a procedure. This show is in Arabic.
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A podcast for children who are coming for a General Anaesthetic for surgery or a procedure. It explains what to expect in Polish
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In this series we will share the evidence behind Realistic Medicine, Scotland's approach to a sustainable health and social care system, as well as the stories, experiences and projects of teams and communities across Scotland. We want to share best practice, create an open source resource of experience and ideas to empower everyone to practice Realistic Medicine. If you would like to share your story or get involved, please email us on [email protected]
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Complex decisions, shared; Dr Suzie Farrell & the Shared Decision Making clinic.
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28:01Kate: Welcome to episode four of our Realistic Medicine podcast. I'm Kate Arrow. I'm an Anaesthetist in NHS Highland and today we've got Doctors Suzanne Farrell, who's an Anaesthetist and Intensive Care Consultant in NHS Lanarkshire. And Suzanne is going to share a little bit about her experience with Realistic Medicine. And we're going to have a b…
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Kate: So we're on episode four now of this podcast, which is called Realistic Medicine. What? Why? How? And we're really be lucky today to have Norma Davidson with us, who is a resident here in the Highlands and has been a patient and a member of the community and is a really prominent member of the Highland Senior Citizens Network. And so Norma is…
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Lyndsay: Hi, everyone. I just like to welcome you to our latest Realistic Medicine podcast. My name is Lyndsay Stewart and I am the programme manager for Realistic Medicine in NHS Highland. So in this episode today, I'm joined by Amanda, who is one of our programme managers in NHS Grampian. And what we're wanting to do today is just have general di…
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Kate: Welcome to the Realistic Medicine Podcast. We are taking full advantage of Health Literacy Month, and we are delighted to welcome Graham Kramer here to talk to us about about health literacy. So I'll start by introducing myself and Kate Arrow. I'm the clinical lead for realistic medicine in Highland. And then thanks so much for joining us. Gr…
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Welcome to the Realistic Medicine podcast. See the transcript below; Kate: Hi, I'm Kate Arrow and I'm the clinical lead for realistic medicine in NHS Highland. In this podcast we'll introduce our team both locally and nationally and share our work with you. There will be something for everyone from sharing learning, to hearing about our community, …
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Professor John Gibson: We need to talk about suicide
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47:34We need to talk about suicide prevention and postvention. In this episode we speak to Professor John Gibson (Emeritus Professor of Oral Medicine, University of Aberdeen) who describes his journey following the unexpected and devastating suicide of his 24 year old son Cameron in 2019. John was part way through walking Land’s End to John O’Groats to …
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Thomas Lamont meets James Timpson to discuss the importance of kindness, language and autonomy in the success story of Timpsons. James shares his views on building up a diverse team of colleagues and why he believes delegating autonomy leads to innovative, successful services led by happy and motivated teams. Listen in to hear how he has achieved t…
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Dr Navina Evans: Chief Executive of Health Education England
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29:17Dr Navina Evans is the former CEO of East London Foundation Trust. Under Dr Evans' leadership, ELFT developed their organisational strategy focussed on improving the lives of their patients through Quality Improvement methodology and people participation. She has recently moved to Health Education England as CEO. In this podcast we discuss her care…
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In this episode we chat to Louise Macdonald, Chief Executive of Young Scot. In this episode, Louise shares her story of shifting careers from Journalism to The Third sector. She tells us how her values are core to prioritising work and her several high profile roles and how she balances self-care and professional life.…
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Kate Arrow 0:02 Welcome to Leading Insights. Today we're joined by Cat MacAulay. Cat could you tell us a little bit about your role? Cat Macaulay 0:14 Sure. So I'm the chief design officer for Scottish Government's digital Directorate. And that's a fairly new role, I think. Well, I know for Scottish Government. First time we've had the chief design…
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Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland.
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15:08Kate Arrow So welcome to Leading Insights. Today we are joined by the First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon. I am Kate Arrow, I'm a registrar in Anaesthesia. Thomas Lamont And I'm Thomas Lamont, I'm a Registrar in Restorative Dentistry. First Minister, thank you for joining us. Nicola Sturgeon You’re welcome, lovely to talk to you. Thomas Lam…
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Show notes Kate Arrow 0:02 Welcome to episode eight of Leading Insights. Today we're joined by Melis Senova. I'll let her introduce herself. MS 0:15 Hi, thanks for having me. So my current, I don't know if it's a job, my current, let's call it a portfolio of projects. So things that I'm all across, really involves working with people in all sectors…
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In this episode we talk to Sarah Davidson, the CEO of Carnegie UK. We hear about her career in the Civil Service and she shares her experience of Organisational expectations vs Personal development. We discuss the power of Mentorship and changing career paths into The Third SectorBy Dr Kate Arrow
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This episode explains what happens when you go to sleep and the different ways to go to sleepBy Dr Kate Arrow
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This episode explains what will happen when you go to sleep and the different ways to go to sleepBy Dr Kate Arrow
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This episode explains what to expect when you come to the hospital for your test or operationBy Dr Kate Arrow
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This episode explains what The Big Brave is and what information it will give youBy Dr Kate Arrow
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This episode explains what happens when you wake up and recover after your surgery or procedureBy Dr Kate Arrow
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This episode explains what to expect when you come to hospital on the day of your operationBy Dr Kate Arrow
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An introduction to The Big Brave, the podcast which explains to you what to expect when coming for General Anaesthesia (the special deep sleep for having an operation or procedure). This podcast is for children.By Dr Kate Arrow
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This episode explains what to expect when you arrive at the hospital on the day of your operation or procedure.By Dr Kate Arrow
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This podcast episode explains what to expect when you wake up and recover after your operation.By Dr Kate Arrow
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This episode explains to children what happens when you go to sleep for an operation or procedureBy Dr Kate Arrow
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This episode explains what will happen when you wake up and recover after your operationBy Dr Kate Arrow
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This episode explains what you will learn by listening to this podcastBy Dr Kate Arrow
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Explains what to expect when you come to hospital for your operation or procedureBy Dr Kate Arrow
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This episode will explain what will happen when you go to sleep for your operation and the different ways you can fall asleep.By Dr Kate Arrow
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This episode explains what to expect when you wake up and recover from your anaestheticBy Dr Kate Arrow
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This episode explains what The Big Brave podcast will explain to you and why you should listen. This podcast explains what to expect when coming to hospital for General Anaesthesia. It is aimed at children and their parentsBy Dr Kate Arrow
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Meet the Director of Evidence at Healthcare Improvement Scotland; Safia Qureshi
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28:20In episode 5 of Leading Insights we speak to Safia Qureshi, Director of Evidence at Healthcare Improvement Scotland. She tells us about her journey from Academia in to leadership. From leading the construction of the award winning Jack Copland Building and using her scientific background to inspire and achieve. She reflects on the role of evidence …
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Shaun Maher; Strategic Lead for Person-centred Care
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34:18In this episode we talk to Shaun Maher, Strategic Adviser to The Scottish Government and champion of person centred care. Shaun shares his journey from Intensive Care Nurse to National leadership position. We discuss compassionate leadership, wellbeing, role models and the current COVID crisis as he joins us from NHS Louisa Jordan in Glasgow. Inter…
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In this episode we explore Angiolina's views on leadership, "making the weather", how she has developed over her career and what motivates her.By Dr Thomas Lamont
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Dr Catherine Calderwood was appointed as Chief Medical Officer for Scotland in March 2015. Catherine is an obstetrician and gynaecologist and continues to have a maternal medicine antenatal clinic at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Until her appointment as CMO, she was also the National Clinical Director for maternity and women's health for NHS E…
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Professor Jason Leitch CBE is NHS Scotland's National Clinical Director, responsible for quality in the health and social care system, including patient safety and person-centred care, NHS planning, and implementing quality improvement methods across the government and the broader public sector. Jason is an Honorary Professor at the University of D…
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