On this special episode we are having a roundtable discussion from our recent attendance of the NHS Disability Summit 2021 that took place just a few weeks ago

We are joined today by Kieranne Page, a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Sexual & Reproductive Health and also Sharon Hudswell, Assistant Service Manager for Medical Education - who are also the co-chairs of the Guys & St Thomas NHS Trust Staff Disability & Long Term Health Conditions Forum!

On this episode we play a few clips from some of the featured speakers from the Summit discussing many initiatives, desired policy changes, current research and also best practices and desires for the continued growth and support of the NHS with its endeavours to improve and identify many elements with NHS Staff working with disabilities and long term health conditions

This one is a feature length episode but we feel there is alot of useful information many will find very useful - as always, thanks for listening

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If you are part of Guys and St Thomas Trust and want to know more about The Staff Disability & Long Term Health Conditions Forum.. or want support from the forum, please contact us via email

DisabilityForumLeadership@gstt.nhs.uk

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PLEASE FIND THE FOLLOWING LINKS SHARED BY THE SUMMIT

https://www.nhsemployers.org/disabilitysummit

Meet Amar Latif - "The blind guy who wants to show you the world"

https://youtu.be/6ZsIRgNXwgk

• https://diversityandability.com/
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• https://diversityandability.com/blog/how-to-foster-wellbeing-as-a-leader/
• https://www.powtoon.com/embed/ekTPWdQGo01/
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• https://www.cqc.org.uk/guidance-providers/gps/gp-mythbuster-67-reasonable-adjustments-disabled-people
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• https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/CM022109_Item9_WDES_report.pdf
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• https://www.bma.org.uk/media/2923/bma-disability-in-the-medical-profession.pdf
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• https://www.accessable.co.uk/guy-s-and-st-thomas-nhs-foundation-trust
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• https://hiddendisabilitiesstore.com/hidden-disabilities-sunflower-training
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• https://www.nhsemployers.org/articles/finding-my-voice-drive-change
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• https://www.nhsemployers.org/articles/supporting-disabled-staff-workplace
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• https://www.rcslt.org/policy/communication-access-uk/
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• https://communication-access.co.uk/
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• https://www.texthelp.com/en-gb/
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• https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/multipage-guide/employment-workplace-adjustments
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• https://www.purplespace.org/
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• https://www.rcn.org.uk/get-help/member-support-services/peer-support-services/neurodiversity-guidance
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https://www.rcn.org.uk/get-help/member-support-services/peer-support-services

On this recording we are joined by Sharon Hudswell, Assistant Service Manager of Medical Education

This time we delve into a discussion regarding living with and understanding the Long Term affects of Coronavirus which is now more commonly designated separately as 'Long Covid'

Sharon speaks on her experiences contracting Covid-19, managing her symptoms, explainging intersections in regards to also having long term health condition and how she empowers herself to manage her conditions whilst also giving advice to others

It was a really insightful conversation to have with Sharon on to get a true understanding of just how impactful long covid can be on others.. let alone others with underlying long term health conditions, we humbly thank Sharon for sharing her story, thoughts and lived experiences in such a difficult period 

Please do not hesitate to share your stories thoughts and ideas too - please check

the links below for more information

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If you are part of Guys and St Thomas Trust and want to know more about The Staff Disability & Long Term Health Conditions Forum.. or want support from the forum, please contact us via email

DisabilityForumLeadership@gstt.nhs.uk

For Podcast enquires you can email - j.kofi@nhs.net

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Please find below the links to articles / clips mentioned in this recording

Sky News Long Covid Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDNCFCXg3Vg

Channel 5 Long Covid Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB41J5aU9Ww

Long Covid NHS Page

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/long-term-effects-of-coronavirus-long-covid/

https://www.yourcovidrecovery.nhs.uk/what-is-covid-19/long-covid/

The Long Covid Organisation

https://www.longcovid.org/

Welcome back to another editorial episode of FEEDBACK!

Our members and communities would like us to have a focus on Dyslexia ahead of Dyslexia awareness month in October and we are more than happy to oblige with Tips, Talks and a helpful guide that can be used to find assessment facilities here in the UK for diagnosing individuals who may have Dyslexia

Please look forward to our upcoming interviews with staff with lived experiences - until then please check out the following links highlighted during this conversation

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What is Dyslexia

https://youtu.be/zafiGBrFkRM

Tamara Thomas NHS - A Colleagues Story With Dyslexia https://youtu.be/dEpJQKvVU4o

The British Dyslexia Association Assessment Guide

https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/services/assessments

Christian Boer  of dislexyfont.com https://youtu.be/qVaeGOflF7w

https://www.dyslexiefont.com/en/typeface/

Dyslexia: The Superpower

https://youtu.be/AMrUxxmMz8g

...and tools mentioned in this podcast that can also help with Dyslexia

Dragon software has a very popular Dragon Dictation product, google has built in text to speech in the keyboard app GBOARD, MICROSOFT has added immersive reading in many of its applications as a reading feature, Grammarly.com, Speechify.com and the Reachdeck browser addon are exception tools that offer a free / preimum tiered approach for added support