It’s All About People Pod

The ReSPECT process creates personalised recommendations for a person’s clinical care and treatment in a future emergency in which they are unable to make or express choices.

These recommendations are created through conversations between a person, their families, and their health and care professionals to understand what matters to them and what is realistic in terms of their care and treatment.

Join Kerry Bareham, Matron for Pall...

Alison Wilkinson (Physiotherapist) and Matt Evans (Senior Change Lead, It's All About People Personalisation Programme) take up guest spots to reflect on two years of work within the musculoskeletal (MSK) pathway. Recorded with the Personalisation Programme team present as a live audience, it's Matt's final episode so expect a little bit of pleasantries as together we consider how we have worked and some of the challenges we contin...

We are proud to host the brand-new ReSPECT Podcast Series! 

Over the coming months, we’ll be sharing eight podcasts that focus on ReSPECT – a plan that records a person’s wishes, choices, and decisions about their care, should they be unable to speak about it during an emergency.

ReSPECT (the Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and Treatment) provides health and care professionals responding to an emergency with a summary o...

Mandy (St Barnabas) joins Gav and Matt for a chat about the Wellbeing service they provide. You get an insight into the work of a community organisation, supported by a team of volunteers, to support people and their families during the final stages of life. Mandy also does a bit of myth busting so if you think you know what St Barnabas do, you might want to check! 

Here's to getting on with the job of living!

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Luke was a young carer for his mum, Pam, a role he continued into adulthood. In this episode he chats with Jenny (Lincolnshire County Council) and podcast host Alison about the caring role and how they used Direct Payments to enable it. Together they navigate through terminology, feelings of guilt, school and work pressures. He also gives top tips for managing that employer/employee relationship that some Carers experience. 

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Alison is back with special guests from the Good Home Alliance, Lincolnshire's response to supporting people to live safe, warm and well at home. Sarah is a public health officer (Lincolnshire County Council), Adam has a county wide role as the Lincolnshire healthy and accessible homes lead (based at Boston Borough Council) and Kerry is an advice and case-worker (hosted by East Lindsey District Council). Together, they share some f...

Paul and Caty from the Lincolnshire Voluntary Engagement Team join Matt for a chat about the strength of the sector in supporting people with their health, care and wellbeing. Together they discuss how voluntary, community, faith and social enterprises are contributing to wrap-around support for the people of Lincolnshire and the health by association benefits that occur. There's thoughts on Community Reporting and why Lincolnshire...

There are 25 Cafes in operation across Lincolnshire so join Caty as she chats with Donna (person with lived experience) and Stacey (manager) about this fantastic, non-clinical, support for people's mental health.  Together they share how the groups work and the positive impact of the community sector in creating safe spaces. Donna's lived experience has inspired her to help others and in her open and honest account she provides us ...

Alison and Gav met with Chris and Jane to talk about dementia care and the fabulous Bob's Brainwaves. Named after Chris’s husband Bob, a key figure in Lincolnshire leisure and tourism before he was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s, the organisation supports families caring for loved ones with dementia, providing essential information and guidance.

Give this episode a listen to learn more about this growing organisation and th...

Wondering which episode to start with? Or which ones have had the biggest impact?  Well, it wouldn't be Christmas without a compilation, would it?!  Alison, Matt, Caty, Shibina, Gav and Kirsteen get together to reflect on the Podcast highlights so far. Join the movement and listen to the It's All About People Team as they meander their way through the last 33 episodes... and you can decide for yourself who you think is Pete's favo...

The eagerly anticipated part two of this interesting subject comes with tools and ideas to develop anti-racist practice within your organisation. Listen to Ed (Practice Advisor, Children's Services) and Ela (Improvement Practice Lead and Expert by Experience) from Lincolnshire County Council as they share with Matt. Hear about Social Graces, the Mandela Model, Social Care RES and much more. All transferable and all designed to help...

No, not Bruce Springsteen but our very own Senior Reporting Officer, Chris Wheway, joins Matt for a chat about leading change. As CEO at St Barnabas Hospice, and Chair of LVET, Chris knows too well the importance of the voluntary and community sector in delivering healthcare in Lincolnshire. Hear about some of the amazing work going on and get insight into the mechanics of the management structure within the Lincolnshire Healthcare...

Pete Burnett (Director of Strategic Planning, Integration and Partnerships at Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board) joins Kirsteen and Matt for a chat about Our Shared Agreement.

As a keen listener of the podcast, Pete is a big believer in the need for a better relationship between the people of Lincolnshire and the health and care services that support them.

Listen in to hear how important the Our Shared Agreement movement is for Li...

Matt gets an education on the menopause from Sarah (group member) and Paula (Every-One). With thanks to funding form Shine and the National Lottery, Lincolnshire has been able to get people talking about Menopause and created an offer of support. Listen as we explore ideas for self-management, having the conversation and some top tips. Plenty to think about! 

More info: Peri Meri Menopause Moments - Every-One

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Prepare to reflect! Alison chats to Karen (Cancer Lived Experience) and Vicky (CEO Every-One) about 'Living the Dash'. "These are the days" but are our systems and processes allowing us to live them? Are we making the most of our own "Gloriously Ordinary Life"? Karen is an inspiration. Listen now and give some thought to 'palliative', and the impact that word has, plus the ample examples of community organisations making a differen...

Caty leads us through a conversation with Hannah (manager) and Chris (volunteer) from the Askefield Social Farm project. Hear about the innovative ways that they are supporting wellbeing from babies to pensioners, how they've used different funding, what outcomes they have had for people and how volunteering has a real impact on people's health. It's Top Gear on the farm and another example of working differently!  Check out the T...

So, you think that you know sleep is important but then... Matt is joined by Becky (School teacher and Sleep Practitioner) and Adrian (CEO, British Society of Pharmacy Sleep Services) for a discussion about sleep including the importance of routines, impact on children, blue light myths and over-the-counter sleep aids. Both guests live and work in Lincolnshire!

Becky offers support for families via: www.the3amclub.org where parents...