60 acast.com <![CDATA[Uncertainty in Practice: Insights for Health & Care Practitioners]]> https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/uncertainty-in-practice en Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS FT Healthcare,NHS,end-of-life,Health,illness,death,frailty,bereavement,care,care planning,care plan,enhance,enhanced,community,carers Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS FT A three-part podcast series exploring how health and care professionals can recognise, manage and communicate uncertainty in person-centred and compassionate ways. Featuring voices from across healthcare, community services and care settings, the series shares practical insights and real-world experiences of supporting people living with frailty, serious illness and end-of-life uncertainty.

Through discussions on advance care planning, personalised care, advocacy, communication techniques and collaborative working, contributors explore how professionals can help individuals, families and carers navigate difficult decisions when outcomes are uncertain. Listeners will gain valuable perspectives on building trust, managing expectations and ensuring that care remains focused on what matters most to each person.


Please note: This series includes discussions relating to frailty, serious illness, end of life, death, dying and bereavement, which some listeners may find sensitive.

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]]> A three-part podcast series exploring how health and care professionals can recognise, manage and communicate uncertainty in person-centred and compassionate ways. Featuring voices from across healthcare, community services and care settings, the series shares practical insights and real-world experiences of supporting people living with frailty, serious illness and end-of-life uncertainty.

Through discussions on advance care planning, personalised care, advocacy, communication techniques and collaborative working, contributors explore how professionals can help individuals, families and carers navigate difficult decisions when outcomes are uncertain. Listeners will gain valuable perspectives on building trust, managing expectations and ensuring that care remains focused on what matters most to each person.


Please note: This series includes discussions relating to frailty, serious illness, end of life, death, dying and bereavement, which some listeners may find sensitive.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> false Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS FT info+6a281030401089d02dbe8ce3@mg-eu.acast.com 6a281030401089d02dbe8ce3 uncertainty-in-practice https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1781009625657-d7d2e2f9-e05e-4ec1-ac16-961111ffc3fc.jpeg https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/uncertainty-in-practice <![CDATA[Uncertainty in Practice: Insights for Health & Care Practitioners]]> Communicating Uncertainty Communicating Uncertainty Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:25:42 GMT 46:46 6a281456401089d02dc0cfb7 false https://shows.acast.com/uncertainty-in-practice/episodes/communicating-uncertainty 6a281456401089d02dc0cfb7 6a281030401089d02dbe8ce3 communicating-uncertainty full 3  Sensitivity Warning: this podcast explores a number of topics related to frailty, death and dying.

 

This podcast explores how clinicians and care professionals can have meaningful, compassionate conversations with people living with uncertainty, while keeping decisions anchored in what matters most to the individual. You will hear practical approaches to proactively introducing Advance Care Planning, ReSPECT and Lasting Power of Attorney, alongside real-world perspectives from across the community, care home and emergency department settings. Contributors share techniques such as clean language, active listening and the power of silence to help build trust, balance expectations and improve communisation with patients, carers and staff.

 

Speakers:

  • Sonia Vaz Fernandes – Consultant Geriatrician & Physician, GHFT / Frailty Assessment Service/Cheltenham Community Services
  • Tanya de Weymarn – Emergency Medicine and Frailty Consultant, GHFT / Clinical Lead for End of Life Gloucestershire ICB.
  • Amy Harris – Help Team Advisor; Dementia, Diagnosis & Memory Support Service, Age UK Gloucestershire
  • Sinead Blick – Registered Manager, Ashberry House, Brockworth

 

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]]>  Sensitivity Warning: this podcast explores a number of topics related to frailty, death and dying.

 

This podcast explores how clinicians and care professionals can have meaningful, compassionate conversations with people living with uncertainty, while keeping decisions anchored in what matters most to the individual. You will hear practical approaches to proactively introducing Advance Care Planning, ReSPECT and Lasting Power of Attorney, alongside real-world perspectives from across the community, care home and emergency department settings. Contributors share techniques such as clean language, active listening and the power of silence to help build trust, balance expectations and improve communisation with patients, carers and staff.

 

Speakers:

  • Sonia Vaz Fernandes – Consultant Geriatrician & Physician, GHFT / Frailty Assessment Service/Cheltenham Community Services
  • Tanya de Weymarn – Emergency Medicine and Frailty Consultant, GHFT / Clinical Lead for End of Life Gloucestershire ICB.
  • Amy Harris – Help Team Advisor; Dementia, Diagnosis & Memory Support Service, Age UK Gloucestershire
  • Sinead Blick – Registered Manager, Ashberry House, Brockworth

 

https://extranet.nhsglos.nhs.uk/enhance/

https://extranet.nhsglos.nhs.uk/frailty-dementia-practitioner-toolkit/frailty/a-personalised-approach-to-future-care-planning/

 

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]]> Managing Uncertainty Managing Uncertainty Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:17:07 GMT 44:27 6a281253ec7c103dcaafe3d2 false https://shows.acast.com/uncertainty-in-practice/episodes/managing-uncertainty 6a281253ec7c103dcaafe3d2 6a281030401089d02dbe8ce3 managing-uncertainty full 2

Sensitivity Warning: this podcast explores a number of topics related to frailty, death and dying.

 

In this episode, the speakers discuss the importance of clear communication when managing the expectations of patients, families and their carers in an uncertain situation. The speakers also cover personalised care, including advance care planning, the power of language and consider the personalised nature of resuscitation decisions.

 

Speakers:

  • Rob Hirst – Emergency Medicine Doctor, GHFT
  • Abi Griffith – Care Coordinator, Rowcroft Medical Centre.
  • Tanya de Weymarn – Emergency Medicine and Frailty Consultant, GHFT / Clinical Lead for End of Life, NHS Gloucestershire ICB.
  • Samantha Russell – Deputy Manager, Woodstock Care and Nursing Home


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https://extranet.nhsglos.nhs.uk/frailty-dementia-practitioner-toolkit/frailty/a-personalised-approach-to-future-care-planning/

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Sensitivity Warning: this podcast explores a number of topics related to frailty, death and dying.

 

In this episode, the speakers discuss the importance of clear communication when managing the expectations of patients, families and their carers in an uncertain situation. The speakers also cover personalised care, including advance care planning, the power of language and consider the personalised nature of resuscitation decisions.

 

Speakers:

  • Rob Hirst – Emergency Medicine Doctor, GHFT
  • Abi Griffith – Care Coordinator, Rowcroft Medical Centre.
  • Tanya de Weymarn – Emergency Medicine and Frailty Consultant, GHFT / Clinical Lead for End of Life, NHS Gloucestershire ICB.
  • Samantha Russell – Deputy Manager, Woodstock Care and Nursing Home


https://extranet.nhsglos.nhs.uk/enhance/

https://extranet.nhsglos.nhs.uk/frailty-dementia-practitioner-toolkit/frailty/a-personalised-approach-to-future-care-planning/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Identifying Uncertainty Identifying Uncertainty Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:13:02 GMT 48:29 6a28115e6642088a10b8c180 false https://shows.acast.com/uncertainty-in-practice/episodes/identifying-uncertainty 6a28115e6642088a10b8c180 6a281030401089d02dbe8ce3 identifying-uncertainty full 1 Sensitivity warning: this podcast discusses topics relating to end of life, death and dying.

 

In this episode, the speakers discuss the challenges around identifying uncertainty in different settings, the benefits it can bring and the tools available to support identifying uncertainty. The speakers also explore advocacy, personalised care, holding advance care planning conversations, as well as how joined-up working and information-sharing across the system can support people experiencing uncertainty and their supporters both during end of life and following bereavement.

 

Speakers:

  • Wesley Dean – Registrar, Emergency Department GHFT / Education Fellow / GP, Integrated Care Urgent Care Service, GHC
  • Rachel Bucknall – Frailty Matron, Aspen Medical Practice
  • Glenda Gill – Frailty Matron, Aspen Medical Practice


https://extranet.nhsglos.nhs.uk/enhance/

https://extranet.nhsglos.nhs.uk/frailty-dementia-practitioner-toolkit/frailty/a-personalised-approach-to-future-care-planning/

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]]> Sensitivity warning: this podcast discusses topics relating to end of life, death and dying.

 

In this episode, the speakers discuss the challenges around identifying uncertainty in different settings, the benefits it can bring and the tools available to support identifying uncertainty. The speakers also explore advocacy, personalised care, holding advance care planning conversations, as well as how joined-up working and information-sharing across the system can support people experiencing uncertainty and their supporters both during end of life and following bereavement.

 

Speakers:

  • Wesley Dean – Registrar, Emergency Department GHFT / Education Fellow / GP, Integrated Care Urgent Care Service, GHC
  • Rachel Bucknall – Frailty Matron, Aspen Medical Practice
  • Glenda Gill – Frailty Matron, Aspen Medical Practice


https://extranet.nhsglos.nhs.uk/enhance/

https://extranet.nhsglos.nhs.uk/frailty-dementia-practitioner-toolkit/frailty/a-personalised-approach-to-future-care-planning/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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