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Wellbeing
Wellbeing started as a pitch to a contact to be interviewed on The Hub's hospital radio show and led to the Digital Health Chats Podcast. The podcast introduces co-host Kateryna Portmann, a dynamic product developer whose career in digital health is informed by her recovery from a potentially life-altering car accident.
Kateryna shared her story and captured the Boot Camp sessions she holds as a mentor with digital health start ups in the early episodes. Later episodes discussed the work and perspectives of start up founder Lucy Jung and health service disruptor Dr Karen Morten.
The page is renamed to Wellbeing to broaden the scope of future blogs and podcast episodes beyond and inclusive of digital health.
Jun 12, 2022
Music Therapy & Epsom
The racecourse town as a music therapy pioneer "Musick is a roaring-meg against melancholy, to rear and revive the languishing soul:...
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May 29, 2022
BTAM 8GR8 Songs #5
Music to Grieve to Picture: Angela Delaney, music therapist / Credit: The Leukaemia Foundation An Evolving Series Neurosurgeon Simon...
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May 10, 2022
Poet's Corner IX: Nurses
with Audrey Ardern-Jones Picture: Florence Nightingale tending to soldiers in the Crimean War / Credit: The Print Collector - Getty...
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Apr 6, 2022
BTAM 8GR8 Songs #3
King College Hospital's Prof Ash & CNS Vicky Picture: King's College Hospital's Dynamic Duo Ash & Vicky filming on the Helipad at the...
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Mar 20, 2022
BTAM 8GR8 Songs #4
Charity CEO Alex Lochrane Picture: Alex Lochrane was appointed CEO of The Brain Tumour Charity in January 2022 / Credit: The Brain Tumour...
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Mar 11, 2022
BTAM 8GR8 Songs #2
Model and Actor Mandy Lomax Picture: Mandy Lomax with a new outlook on life / Credit: Mandy Lomax Episode one of The Hub's Brain Tumour...
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Feb 23, 2022
Vaccine Le Chéile
Irish in Britain's Covid Vaccine Campaign Image: A graphic supporting Irish in Britain's ‘Vaccine Le Chéile/Together’ campaign / Credit:...
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Feb 19, 2022
BTAM 8GR8 Songs #1
Neurosurgeon Simon Stapleton Picture: Neurosurgeon Simon Stapleton as he greets patients in the consulting room Credit: Simon Stapleton...
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Feb 5, 2022
The Hippocrates Prize
For Poetry and Medicine 2022 with Emeritus Professor Michael Hulse Picture: Hippocrates - inspiration for Medicine and Poetry / Credit:...
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Jan 18, 2022
Test and Trace
by Paul Plater Image: NHS Test and Trace Logo / Credit: gfmat.org What happens when you get Covid-19? In the UK the NHS Test and Trace...
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Jan 5, 2022
Putting More Science Into Government
By Dr Paul Walker Picture: June 2021 - UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson promoting the UK as a "science superpower" / Credit: POOL/AFP via...
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Dec 30, 2021
Kathy Maskens: Desert Island Discs
From Music to Dance to Nursing Picture: Kathy Maskens' 80s nursing badge in her maiden name of Biggs / Credit: Kathy Maskens Christmas is...
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Dec 15, 2021
Rebecca Hunter: The Importance of A Good Night's Sleep
A Career Journey to Coaching Better Sleep Image: Disney's portrayal of Sleeping Beauty / Credit: Disney.com “To die, to sleep – to sleep,...
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Nov 23, 2021
Not Hippocrates But Marx
by Dr Paul Walker Picture: Working Men Of All Countries Unite! - The Karl Marx monument in Chemnitz, former East Germany DDR / Credit:...
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Nov 18, 2021
5 Steps: Staying Productive in 2022
A Healthy Lifestyle is the Key under Covid Image: Start your day with exercise in nature / Credit: Running in Whistler It will soon be...
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Nov 11, 2021
Crime and Public Health: A New Nexus
by Dr Paul Walker Image: Health Headlines: Sten Vermund Dean of Yale School of Public Health discusses ways to address violent crime /...
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Sep 25, 2021
Elizabeth Bennett: Sewing Friendship
Sewing After Teaching Every guest is special on The Hub. But re-meeting a favoured teacher and hearing her life tales is truly a...
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Sep 4, 2021
How To Cope When Suicide Comes Knocking On Your Door
By Steve Phillip, Founder, The Jordan Legacy “My experience of suicide is that it is the equivalent of a bomb going off in your living...
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Aug 11, 2021
Test Match Special: Dr Abhay Bajpai
Dr Abhay Bajpai, Arrhythmia Specialist Epsom General Hospital Picture: Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India / Credit:...
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Jul 16, 2021
A Radical GP Practice in Liverpool
The Rise and Fall and Rise of Princes Park Health Centre by Katy Gardner and Susanna Graham-Jones Picture: Princes Park Neighbourhood...
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Jul 12, 2021
Dave's Desert Island Discs
Golf Coach David Stewart Picture: Golf coach David Stewart practising his swing / Credit: Horton Park Golf School The Hub's golf coach,...
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Jul 8, 2021
Simple Steps to Online Security
By Howard Elsey The Hub presents the latest blog by regular contributor Howard Elsey, a warning to anyone tempted to click on a link in...
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Jul 7, 2021
One Year of Zoom Yoga
My Observations By Jackie Tilston This week it’s been one full year since I started doing yoga regularly a few times a week. A year ago...
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Jun 23, 2021
What is the point of Digital Health?
A strange question perhaps, for the CEO of a digital health start up. But one worth asking I think. This article was first published in...
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May 27, 2021
The Values Blog
by Howard Elsey A lot of our lives revolve around the notion of values, although we are not always conscious of this reality. Supermarket...
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May 12, 2021
International Nurses Day
Happy Birthday Florence! Picture: Florence Nightingale tending to sick soldiers during the 1853-1856 Crimean War / Credit: The Print...
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Apr 25, 2021
Calming Prisoners Through Song
Emma Dogliani's Singing Group Helps Prisoners Stay Calm Behind Bars London soprano Emma Dogliani is proud of her penal reformer...
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Mar 31, 2021
Writer's Block? Take a small step!
Dealing with what you don't want to deal with By Howard Elsey Picture: "A small step for a man. A giant leap for mankind." - Apollo 11...
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Mar 20, 2021
Sunset to Music
Stop: Take a moment, look, listen and contemplate In the Moment Sometimes a natural phenomenon just stops you in your tracks and forces...
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Jan 15, 2021
Dr Karen Morton on a Mission for Women’s Health – Bonus Episode: Origins of a Disruptor
This bonus episode charts gynaecologist and obstetrician Dr Karen Morton’s journey from humble origins via “wonderful teachers” to the 11...
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Jan 15, 2021
Dr Karen Morton on a Mission for Women’s Health
“Just a doctor,” Karen describes devising practical health solutions like Dr Morton’s Gynae Travel Packs and collaborating with Kateryna...
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Jan 15, 2021
Digital Health Founders’ Bootcamp – Module 6: Soft Skills – How to be a successfully human manager
Hear how Lucy Jung, CEO of Charco, became a founder with a vision to alleviate the daily impact of Parkinson’s. Lucy explains how...
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Jan 15, 2021
Digital Health Founders’ Bootcamp – Module 6: Soft Skills – How to be a successfully human manager.
Start-Up founders can’t do it all on their own. To succeed, they will need to build and rely on a talented team to deliver on the...
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Aug 21, 2020
Digital Health Founders’ Bootcamp – Module 5: Business Operations
We look at Business Operations and developing a sustainable business entity. How to develop product and services, manage finances, legal,...
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Aug 21, 2020
Digital Health Founders’ Bootcamp – Module 4: Fundraising
No start-up, however promising, will get far without regular top ups of funding.In this module, we look at the different types of...
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Aug 21, 2020
Digital Health Founders’ Bootcamp – Module 3: Business Model
Module 3 feedback: “That’s a lot of good information in 32 minutes.” Business Model, can be the most rewarding, as “When you get it right...
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Aug 21, 2020
Digital Health Founders’ Bootcamp – Module 2: Go to Market
Thank you for your support so far! Shout out to the finance professional encouraged by Episode 1 to explore a career change! Episode 3 is...
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Jul 29, 2020
Digital Health Founders’ Bootcamp – Module I: Ideation
Episode 1 Kateryna’s: A Life in Digital Health had 120 downloads and overwhelmingly positive feedback. Episode 2 starts a Boot Camp...
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Jul 29, 2020
Episode 1: Kateryna Portmann - A Life in Digital Health
A person-centric discussion of key trends in digital health by Kateryna Portmann and Baron Armah-Kwantreng. Episode 1 follows Kateryna's...
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