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Dr Hogg's Pod
by Andrew Hogg
General practitioner Dr Andrew Hogg brings you his take on all things medical
Episodes
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Dr Steven Land- Novellus Aesthetics
In this this weeks episode we talk to Dr Steven Land, owner of Novellus Aesthetics, Newcastle. Steven talks us through his journey into the increasingly popular area of facial aesthetics which he does alongside his role as a specialty doctor in emergency medicine....
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Obesity surgery with Ann Isbell
In keeping with last months theme about obesity we are joined this week by Ann Isbell who struggled with her weight ever since having children. In 2017 Ann had a gastric bypass procedure carried out by consultant bariatric surgeon Mr Nick Carter of Portsmouth's Spire hospital. After facing many...
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Weight loss and obesity management
Joining us this week to discuss the UK's ever expanding waistline is the rather fantastic Lucy Perrow of the British Dietetics Association. Lucy has a wealth of experience working in a level 3 weight management service at Central London Community Health NHS Trust. Whilst there is never an easy...
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Assessing mental capacity- Tim Farmer
This weeks guest, Tim Farmer is the founder of TSF consultants, the UK's largest provider of mental capacity assessments. In this podcast Tim breaks down the basics of the mental capacity act into it's 5 core principles and outlines the practicalities of his assessments in the form of the 2-stage...
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AccuRx co-founder, Jacob Haddad tells us about how his text messaging and video consultation software is revolutionising communication in the NHS
In this weeks podcast we meet Jacob Haddad, co-founder of AccuRx, the SMS chain based software that is changing the face of communication in the NHS. It is especially timely in light of the current COVID pandemic that doctors have resources available that make communicating with their patients...
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Chronic pain management - Dr Tim Bushnell
This weeks podcast is about chronic pain with consultant specialist in pain management Dr Tim Bushnell of the William Harvey Hospital East Kent NHS trust. Dr Bushnell bristles with anecdotes from his 25 years of experience in the profession. In this podcast he helps to demystify some of the many...
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Human factors in patient safety- the story of Elaine Bromiley
In todays episode we talk to Martin Bromiley, pilot, OBE, and founder of the Clinical Human Factors Group. In 2005 his wife Elaine was in hospital for a routine operation. During her anaesthetic there were serious problems establishing an airway and she subsequently died of a hypoxic brain injury...
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Cancer screening
Joining me for this podcast is cancer screening specialist Professor Stephen Duffy. We discuss his views on the UK's current cancer screening programmes for breast, bowel and cervical cancer as well as areas of research for future conditions.
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Assisted dying
In episode 3 of Dr Hogg's Pod we meet Sandra Barclay - widower of Andrew Barclay who took his own life at the Swiss clinic Dignitas in 2016 at the age of 65. Andrew had struggled with complications of multiple sclerosis since 1992 and after 24 years he decided enough was enough. Sandra drove her...
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Organ donation, part 2 - Eunice and Kirstie
In 2006 a young woman was tragically killed in a car accident after suffering a catastrophic head injury on the M20 motorway. Kirstie was only 26 when she died, but from her death came new life for several individuals who benefitted from the donation of her organs. We talk to her mother, Eunice,...
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Organ donation, Part 1 - Dr Tom Sams
Every year around 1,400 people generously donate their organs across the UK when they die and more than 1,000 people donate a kidney or part of their liver while they are alive. In this episode we talk to consultant specialist Dr Tom Sams about his work as an intensive care specialist and the…
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Autism part 2- Dr Ben Kho
In this second part of the podcast about autism we meet Dr Ben Kho, a consultant specialist in paediatrics and child development based at Barts NHS trust. We get Ben's take on the challenges of making a diagnosis, supporting the children and their families.
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Autism part 1 - Anna and Ethan
Todays podcast is about Autism. In part 1 we talk to Anna about her son Ethan and the highs and lows of her experiences of his diagnosis with autism. In part 2 we will be talking to the specialist Dr Ben Kho who diagnosed Ethan. Please see the National Autistic Society website for further…
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